Representative Poetry Online
On this day: June 12th
Random Poem of the Day
1Come right in this house, Will Johnson!
2 Kin I teach you dignity?
3Chasin' aft' them po' white children,
4 Jest because you wan' to play.
5Whut does po' white trash keer fah you?
6 Want you keep away fum them,
7Next, they'll be-a-doin' meanness,
8 An' a-givin' you the blame.
9Don't come mumblin' 'bout their playthings,
10 Yourn is good enough fah you;
11'Twus the best that I could git you,
12 An' you've got to make them do.
13Go'n' to break you fum that habit,
14 Yes, I am! An' mighty soon,
15Next, you'll grow up like the white-folks,
16 All time whinin' fah the moon.
17Runnin' with them po' white children--
18 Go'n' to break it up, I say!--
19Pickin' up their triflinn' habits,
20 Soon, you'll be as spilte as they.
21Come on here, an' take the baby--
22 Mind now! Don't you let her fall--
23'Fo' I'll have you runnin' with them,
24 I won't let you play at all.
25Jest set there, an' mind the baby
26 Till I tell you --You may go;
27An' jest let me ketch you chasin'
28 Aft' them white trash any mo'.