Nature
Close Quarters
From Child Verse (1900)
Nature
Little toe, big toe, three toes between,
All in a pointed shoe!
Never was narrower forecastle seen
Nor so little room for the crew.
Cite this poem
MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “Close Quarters.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/43/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “Close Quarters.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/43/.
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