Countrywomen Poem by Katherine Mansfield

Countrywomen

Rating: 1.9


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.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 22 March 2018

Started lovely enough and then WARNING a whiplash! Yes, this is the Katherine of the short stories. 10++++

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