Social Commentaries
Crickets on a Strike
From The Congo and Other Poems (1914)
Social Commentaries
The foolish queen of fairyland
From her milk-white throne in a lily-bell,
Gave command to her cricket-band
To play for her when the dew-drops fell.
But the cold dew spoiled their instruments
And they play for the foolish queen no more.
Instead those sturdy malcontents
Play sharps and flats in my kitchen floor.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lindsay, Vachel. “Crickets on a Strike.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/94/.
Chicago
Lindsay, Vachel. “Crickets on a Strike.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lindsay/94/.
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