That's What We'd Do (Monday Poem)

by Mary Mapes Dodge


If you were an owl,
And I were an owl,
And this were a tree,
     And the moon came out,
I know what we'd do.
We would stand, we two,
On a bough of the tree;
You'd wink at me,
And I'd wind at you;
That's what we'd do,
     Beyond a doubt.
I'd give you a rose
For your lovely nose,
And you'd look at me
     Without turning about.
I know what we'd do
(That is, I and you);
Why, you'd sing to me,
And I'd sing to you;
That's what we'd do,
    When the moon came out.



from Sing a Song of Seasons
A Nature Poem for Each Day of the Year
selected by Fiona Waters
illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon
Candlewick Press, 2018