Poem of the Week

“Knee-deep in June”

James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)

I. TELL you what I like the best—
’Long about knee-deep in June,
’Bout the time strawberries melts
On the vines—some afternoon
Like to jes’ git out and rest,	5
And not work at nothin’ else!

HT (and the rest of the poem) at Bartleby