Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a-- You think It's a happy beat? Listen to it closely: Ain't you heard something underneath like a-- What did I say? Sure, I'm happy! Take it away! Hey, pop! Re-bop! Mop! Y-e-a-h! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: EARLY SPRING by EDITH SITWELL A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE TIME TO BE WISE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |