Public-domain poetry · from the anthology

A Time to Talk

by Robert Frost

Early Modern · Short · 10 linestime

When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit.

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Public domain. Source: Project Gutenberg #29345. Reproduced verbatim; see theanthology for the full collection.

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