Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
(14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923 / Wellington)
Poems by Katherine Mansfield : 12 / 65
Countrywomen - Poem by Katherine Mansfield
These be two
Countrywomen.
What a size!
Grand big arms
And round red faces;
Big substantial
Sit-down-places;
Great big bosoms firm as cheese
Bursting through their country jackets;
Wide big laps
And sturdy knees;
Hands outspread,
Round and rosy,
Hands to hold
A country posy
Or a baby or a lamb--
And such eyes!
Stupid, shifty, small and sly
Peeping through a slit of sty,
Squinting through their neighbours' plackets.
Poems by Katherine Mansfield : 12 / 65
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Poem Submitted: Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Started lovely enough and then WARNING a whiplash! Yes, this is the Katherine of the short stories. 10++++ (Report) Reply