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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOY DECIDES, by RICKMAN MARK First Line: I'd like to be a p'liceman Last Line: And blow my whistle hard. Subject(s): Boys; Careers | |||
I'D like to be a p'liceman And flash my bull's-eye out,— If there were not so many thieves And drunken men about. I'd like to be a butcher And use a knife and steel,— If only bullocks didn't bleed And piggies wouldn't squeal. And sailors go so far from home, And soldiers often die, And Mr. Blake, the blacksmith, Got a big spark in his eye; And so I think that, after all, I'll be a railway guard, And run beside the train, and jump, And blow my whistle hard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY FATHER'S BUSINESS by KENNETH KOCH CHOOSING A PROFESSION by MARY LAMB SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: LAMBERT HUTCHINS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BEARS AT RASPBERRY TIME by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONNET (ON AN OLD BOOK WITH UNCUT LEAVES) by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR TO CORINTH by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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