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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCORN, by FRANCES BAKER First Line: He made his brag Last Line: Their loud contemptuous guffaw. | |||
He made his brag: "I'll not work my guts out In these damned mines -- I'll marry a rich Indian!" And he did. She was fat and lazy; He grew fat and lazy; They had ten children that swarmed about their door -- unclothed. And the miner-boys laughed Their loud contemptuous guffaw, And swaggered -- They put their hungry lips to bright red ones; And pulled a blonde head close -- and laughed Their loud contemptuous guffaw. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE FOR THE BURIAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT IN DISPRAISE OF THE MOON by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DEAD STATESMAN by RUDYARD KIPLING THE WATER WHEEL by ABU ABD ALLAH LOVE'S CALENDAR by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN INVOCATION by ISIDORE G. ASCHER EXODUS 15. SONG OF ISRAEL FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EGYPT IN THE RED SEA by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |
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