Famous Scarecrows Poems by Famous Poets
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
...rcy he destroyed them
Right and left, by tens and twenties,
And their wretched, lifeless bodies
Hung aloft on poles for scarecrows
Round the consecrated cornfields,
As a signal of his vengeance,
As a warning to marauders.
Only Kahgahgee, the leader,
Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens,
He alone was spared among them
As a hostage for his people.
With his prisoner-string he bound him,
Led him captive to his wigwam,
Tied him fast with cords of elm-bark
To the ridge-pole of his...Read more of this...
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Gregory, Rg
...
then birds become the foe
of people leaden in their legs
who gasp below (fists raised
at butchery so sweet)
nets and scarecrows (clappers
in the wind) disfigure trees
to keep the prize intact
for human beaks to gorge on
cherries in baskets though
are spoils cherished - they spill
their luscious clusters wisely
they crave towards eating
and eaten then restore
round memories of eden
birds are divine messengers
fruits of the world abundant...Read more of this...
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Issa, Kobayashi
...Approaching my village:
Don't know about the people,
but all the scarecrows
are crooked....Read more of this...
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Chesterton, G K
...ts,
And the land of broken heads."
Not less barbarian laughter
Choked Harold like a flood,
"And shall I fight with scarecrows
That am of Guthrum's blood?
"Meeting may be of war-men,
Where the best war-man wins;
But all this carrion a man shoots
Before the fight begins."
And stopping in his onward strides,
He snatched a bow in scorn
From some mean slave, and bent it on
Colan, whose doom grew dark; and shone
Stars evil over Caerleon,
In the place where he was born.Read more of this...
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