Poems by King Edith L. M.
Cattle in Trucks
... I wish, I wish,O how I wish,That you could understandThat all is well ...
The Centipede
... ede,That there's a good day coming,When I shall play long runs with speedInstead of slowly strumming ...
Hope
... Wolf has turned to house-dog,Tiger-cat tom kitty,Timid horse to charger,Or drayhorse in the city;Stones are raised to steeples,Iron floats at sea,Cannibals grow Christians --There's hope for you and me! ...
Thunder at Night
... Just time to count one, A crack like a gun,And then the echoing thunder ...
To a Kaffir Baby
... drive a team of oxen, You will sow and dig --Just the things that I should like to Do, when I am big ...
The Woodlouse
... emy must find Our soldiers hard to seeWhen they are lying on the ground All clad in dull khakí ...
