Short Declamation Piece: Trades
I want to be a carpenter,
To work all day long in clean wood,
Shaving it into little this slivers
Which screw up into curls behind my plane;
Pounding square, black nails into white boards,
With the claws of my hammer glistening
Like the tongue of a snake.
I want to shingle a house,
Sitting on a ridgepole, in a bright breeze.
I want to put the shingles on neatly,
Taking great care that each is directly between two others.
I want my hands to have the tang of wood;
Spruce, cedar, cypress.
I want to draw a line on a board with a flat pencil,
And then saw along that line,
With the sweet-smelling sawdust piling up in a yellow heap at my feet.
That is the life I want to be! Heigh-ho!
Sleet and shift for the slippery climb,
How they stop a fire, or tinker a tire – and pull into town on time.
The city takes, and it goes its way, and the great dark hulks reload,
While mechanics grease; and test, and check, to make them safe for the road;
Then the crates are stacked and the boxes packed and the padding placed – and then
The tailboards slam, and the trailers ram, and the great trucks roll again!
Category: Declamation Pieces
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nice post…
but i dont want a child style.
it’s not a declamation!!!! its apoem!!! i think u don’t know what a declamation is
give me some video of this declamation!!!plzzzzz
ang hahaba naman nyan..parang hindi declamation..!
hindi lahat ng declamation maikli!!!
tignan mo yung
“vengeance is not ours, its Gods”
well its very fascinating… although its kinda boring ,its enough for me………
@asaness- short na nga ito reklamo ka pa o baka bobo ka lng!
hindi ko ata kaya yan! ang haba! parang hindi declamation.
gaeul: kaya nga naghahanap ng short lang!
eow angelica thanks sa binigay mo ty
tae maganda nmn ahh!kung makapanglait kayo.,!
hae
pls!! i want a declamation that full of emotions.
english version of pasko ni nida pls
nice declamation piece
true ,., actuallly declamation is not short …but sometimes it depends.
good declamation:)
gling
tnx . it helpz me in my declaim . tnx very much .
NICE!!!!!!!
Pagpatuloy mo lang yan, kung sino ka man I’m sure you are an honor student…..
NICE!!!!!!!
LABET!!!
i like it tnxs,./’;
labet makes ma ok,./;’
sana ders mor
uk pyn..,,
ya good declamation,,,?
wow! very nice declamation
ahh borengggg
ang declamation ///
Ui, declamation pouh bah tlga yan????
sure bah kayo..
kce sabi nila ay prang poem daw!!
nxt week pa nmn nah ung declamation namin!!!
Answer pouh.,.,
asap plsss…..
….psh.. im looking for a video of this declamation ….who have..?? website nga niya..