A Tree with a Bird in it: / A Symposium of Contemporary American Poets on Being Shown a Pear-tree on Which Sat a Grackle

by Margaret Widdemer

CARLO THE GARDENER

De poets dey tinka dey gotta da tree,

Dey gotta da arta, da birda—but me,

I lova da arta, I lova da flower,

(Ah, bella fioretta!) I waita da hour:

I mowa da grass, I rake uppa da leaf—

I brava young Carlo—Maria! fine t'ief!

I waita

Till later.

Da poets go homa, go finda da sup',