Tether by M.E. Riley
Published On Friday, May 17, 2013. Under: Riley, James Whitcomb.
Tether ball hung from overgrown
maple really a soccer ball dented in
Archives for Riley, James Whitcomb
Where-Away by James Whitcomb Riley
Published On Sunday, May 08, 2011. Under: 1900s, Riley, James Whitcomb.
Where-Away
by James Whitcomb Riley
O the Lands of Where-Away!
Tell us—tell us—where are they?
Through the darkness and the dawn
We have journeyed on and on—
From the cradle to the cross—
From possession unto loss,—
Seeking still, from day to day,
For the lands of Where-Away.
When our baby-feet were first
Planted where the ...
THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS by James Whitcomb Riley
Published On Saturday, October 16, 2010. Under: 1800s, Riley, James Whitcomb.
THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS
by James Whitcomb Riley
They all climbed up on a high board-fence—
Nine little Goblins, with green-glass eyes—
Nine little Goblins that had no sense,
And couldn't tell coppers from cold mince pies;
And they all climbed up on the fence, and sat—
And I asked them what ...
