Jess and Jim

Jess and Jim

A Poem by Debbie Barry
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A scrap of new nursery rhyme that drifted into my head in the night.

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Jess and Jim

 

Jess and Jim Corey, they thresh’d corn,

Each was a trusty boy;

They work’d hard on their father’s land,

They were their mother’s joy.

© 2018 Debbie Barry


Author's Note

Debbie Barry
Initial reactions and constructive criticism welcome. This is meant to resemble a traditional nursery rhyme.

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Added on March 14, 2018
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Tags: poem, nursery rhyme, farmer, farm boy, threshing, corn, grain, ploughing, plowing, tilling

Author

Debbie Barry
Debbie Barry

Clarkston, MI



About
I live with my husband in southeastern Michigan with our two cats, Mister and Goblin. We enjoy exploring history through French and Indian War re-enactment and through medieval re-enactment in the So.. more..

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