The Baker's Boy
From Off the Road Database
| Author | Newsome, Mary Effie Lee |
|---|---|
| Genre | Poetry |
| Journal or Book | Golden Slippers. An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers |
| Publisher | New York: Harper & Row Publishers |
| Year of Publication | 1927 |
| Pages | 26 |
| Additional information | This version of the poem was published in 1941. |
The Baker's Boy
The baker's boy delivers loaves
All up and down our street.
His car is white, his clothes are white,
White to his very feet.
I wonder if he stays that way.
I don't see how he does all day.
I’d like to watch him going home
When all the loaves are out.
His clothes must look quite different then,
At least I have no doubt.
