Lover of Children
When my little girl plays Beethoven Sonatas,
The big, black Steinway flashes all its teeth at
her
In a broad, good-natured grin:
And suddenly
I hear a deep, rumbling, beautiful roar of laughter.
Credit
From A Canopic Jar (New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1921) by Leonora Speyer. Copyright © E.P. Dutton & Company. This poem is in the public domain.
Author
Leonora Speyer
Leonora Speyer was born in Washington, D.C., in 1872. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for her poetry collection Fiddler’s Farewell (Alfred A. Knopf, 1926)
Date Published
01/01/1921