Mad Patsy said, he said to me,
That every morning he could see
An angel walking on the sky;
Across the sunny skies of morn
He threw great handfuls far and nigh
Of poppy seed among the corn;
And then, he said, the angels run
To see the poppies in the sun.
A poppy is a devil weed,
I said to him - he disagreed;
He said the devil had no hand
In spreading flowers tall and fair
Through corn and rye and meadow land,
by garth and barrow everywhere:
The devil has not any flower,
But only money in his power.
And then he stretched out in the sun
And rolled upon his back for fun:
He kicked his legs and roared for joy
Because the sun was shining down:
He said he was a little boy
And would not work for any clown:
He ran and laughed behind a bee,
And danced for very ecstasy.
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It makes you think: Mad Patsy, and who's the mad one? "The devil has not any flower". Alas I wish it was true that money is the root of all evil, but the aphorism, if I remember it right , reads "the lust for money ". I lo ve the image He said he was a little boy/And would not work for any clown". The amount that I've heard about bosses making people's lives miserable!
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Superb
James Stephens touched all of the human feelings in his writings, this poem 'In the poppy fields' is so humorous and whimsical which is one aspect of his work, he wrote so many memorable poems one poem of his which I particularly like is 'The snare' which is one of the great poems on cruelty to animals.
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