Since I am not able to write up a review just now, I’ll post a poem from a poet I really like, Edgar Guest. I have been reading Guest for a few years but just today came across this poem. I like what he expresses here.<\/p>\n
Story Telling
\nEdgar Guest<\/p>\n
Most every night when they’re in bed,
\nAnd both their little prayers have said,
\nThey shout for me to come upstairs
\nAnd tell them tales of gypsies bold,
\nAnd eagles with the claws that hold
\nA baby’s weight, and fairy sprites
\nThat roam the woods on starry nights.<\/p>\n
And I must illustrate these tales,
\nMust imitate the northern gales
\nThat toss the Indian’s canoe,
\nAnd show the way he paddles, too.
\nIf in the story comes a bear,
\nI have to pause and sniff the air
\nAnd show the way he climbs the trees
\nTo steal the honey from the bees.<\/p>\n
And then I buzz like angry bees
\nAnd sting him on his nose and knees
\nAnd howl in pain, till mother cries:
\n“That pair will never shut their eyes,
\nWhile all that noise up there you make;
\nYou’re simply keeping them awake.”
\nAnd then they whisper: “Just one more,”
\nAnd once again I’m forced to roar.<\/p>\n
New stories every night they ask.
\nAnd that is not an easy task;
\nI have to be so many things,
\nThe frog that croaks, the lark that sings,
\nThe cunning fox, the frightened hen;
\nBut just last night they stumped me, when
\nThey wanted me to twist and squirm
\nAnd imitate an angle worm.<\/p>\n
At last they tumble off to sleep,
\nAnd softly from their room I creep
\nAnd brush and comb the shock of hair
\nI tossed about to be a bear.
\nThen mother says: “Well, I should say
\nYou’re just as much a child as they.”
\nBut you can bet I’ll not resign
\nThat story telling job of mine.<\/p>\n
From the book “Rhymes Of Childhood” \u00a91924 Since I am not able to write up a review just now, I’ll post a poem from a poet I really like, Edgar Guest. I have been reading Guest for a few years but just today came across this poem. I like what he expresses here. Story Telling Edgar Guest Most every night when they’re …<\/p>\n
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