LITTLE

BY MERVYN MORRIS

BOY
PRESENTED BY LUCA DELEAU J.

CRYING
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Mervyn Morris

Johnny Appleseed
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BIOGRAPHY CONT.

‣ In a poem named Cabal, Morris writes about morality and highlights the theme of
justice. He writes about having justice given to traitors or thieves. Like this
poem, Little Boy Crying creates a message and purpose for the poem.
‣ “Many of his poems are shards of personal memory, fragments of
autobiography.” (poetryarchive.org)
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THE POEM
Johnny Appleseed
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 Your mouth contorting in
brief spite and hurt,
your laughter
metamorphosed into howls,
LITTLE
BYMERVYN BOY CRYING
MORRIS your frame so recently
relaxed now tight
Listen to a reading by Mervyn Morris himself:

with three year old

https://poetryarchive.org/poem/little-boy-crying/
frustration, your bright eyes
swimming tears, splashing
your bare feet,
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you stand there angling for a
moment’s hint
of guilt or sorrow for the
quick slap struck.

The ogre towers above you,

that grim giant,