Water-Lily (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I'd like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river,Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver.All day I'd watch ...
John Chipman Farrar Poems (22 Poems)
Summer Explorer (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I'd like to be a gypsyWith gold rings in my ears,Along the road to sit and sing,And not do another ...
Song for a Child Watching Clouds (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I've watched the clouds by day and night,Great fleecy ones all filled with light,Gray beasts that steal across the sky,And ...
Flower Preferences (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
If I were a tiny fairy With nothing else to doBut to wriggle into flowers All the long day through,I'd dance among ...
Humor (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
Have you ever watched the clowns at play,White, red and black on circus day?They're always very, very gay.I wonder how ...
Parade (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
The scarlet trumpet flowers are gayAnd yet they never seem to play,They never trumpet up the dawnNor blow retreat across ...
Spring Wish (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
A frog's a very happy thing,Cool and green in early spring,Quick and silver through the pool,With no thought of books ...
My Garden (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
My garden was silly and stubborn; I worked, but the weeds worked, too;I dug and scraped and scrambled— They hustled themselves and ...
A Comparison (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
Apple blossoms look like snow,They're different, though.Snow falls softly, but it bringsNoisy things:Sleighs and bells, forts and fights,Cosy nights.But apple ...
Independence (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I like to go out in the nightWhen there's neither a sound nor a light,With my hands and feet bare,And ...
Rainbow (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
The rainbow comes across the hill,It shines upon the sky, untilIt frightens all the tears from rain,And then it hides ...
Problem (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
If I were a violet I'd think it a shameTo be always so simple and modest and tame,To be hidden ...
Garden Musings (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
Why is the lily so stately and still?Why doesn't she dance like the gay daffodil?Why doesn't she blush like the ...
Chanticleer (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
High and proud on the barnyard fenceWalks rooster in the morning.He shakes his comb, he shakes his tailAnd gives his ...
Bundles (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
A bundle is a funny thing,It alwayse sets me wondering;For whether it is thin or wideYou never know just what's ...
Visiting (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
You and I shall travel far,We'll pass the old earth by,We'll ride the moon and drive a starAcross the evening ...
Parental Advice (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
Who laid the egg that hatched the moon?Was it the earth, I wonder,Was it the sun, the clouds, or rain,Was ...
Ambition (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
If I were a rocketShot high across the night,I'd rather burst in silver starsThan green or purple light;For then, perhaps, ...
Castles (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I used to build me castles of moisty sand and shells,And dream they were for princesses who wove me magic ...
Cat-Fish (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
The cat-fish with whiskers that lives in the brook,Is an ugly old beast with the wickedest look.I suppose there were ...
Windmill (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
The windmill stands up like a flower on the hillWith its petals a-whirling—they seldom stay still—And its funny old voice ...
Tracks (John Chipman Farrar Poems)
I wonder where the rabbits goWho leave their tracks across the snow;For when I follow to their denThe tracks always ...