Our First Fire-Crackers (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
O you boys grown gray and bearded, you that used ter chum with meIn that lazy little village down beside ...
Poems about grinnin (21 Poems)
Expectation (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
You 'll be wonderin' whut 's de reason I 's a grinnin' all de time, An' I guess you t'ink my sperits Mus' ...
Possum Song (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
(A Warning)'Simmons ripenin' in de fall,You better run,Brudder 'Possum, run!Mockin' bird commence to call,You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out ...
My Lass (John Hartley Poems)
Fairest lass amang the monny, Hair as black as raven, O.Net another lass as bonny, Lives i'th' dales ov Craven, O.City lasses ...
A Florida Night (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low, San' a little heavy f'om de rain, All de pa'ms a-wavin' an' a-weavin' slow, Sighin' ...
When De Sun Shines Hot (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
No, dere ain't no use er workin' in de blazin' summertime,Whin de fruit hab filled de orchard, an' de burries ...
‘Nothing To Report’ (May Herschel-Clarke Poems)
One minute we was laughin, me an' Ted,The next, he lay beside me grinnin' - dead.'There's nothin' to report, ' ...
Termarter Sorce (C J Dennis Poems)
It was n't kid stakes. I 'ad no crook lurk To act deceivin', or to treat 'er mean.I'm old enough ...
Blokes (C J Dennis Poems)
Blokes ~ 'ErbDo you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort ...
‘A Gallant Gentleman’ (C J Dennis Poems)
A month ago the world grew grey fer me; A month ago the light went out fer Rose.To 'er they ...
The Straight Griffin (C J Dennis Poems)
'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad;But not too much ...
Wheat (C J Dennis Poems)
Sowin' things an' growin' things, an' watchin' of 'em grow;That's the game, my father said, an' father ought to know."Settin' ...
Jim (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, be the Hokey Fly! sez Peter Begg."Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to ...
Vi’lits (C J Dennis Poems)
I wus pickin' gipsy vi'lits fer to try an' square Doreen.We 'ad words . . . about pianners - fer ...
Digger Smith (C J Dennis Poems)
'E calls me Digger; that's 'ow 'e begins.'E sez 'e's only 'arf a man; an' grins. Judged be 'is nerve, ...
Washing Day (C J Dennis Poems)
The little gipsy vi'lits, they wus peepin' thro' the greenAs she come walkin' in the grass, me little wife, Doreen. ...
Bert (C J Dennis Poems)
Did you ever meet Bert? 'E's all over the town, In offices, shops an' in various places, Cocky an' ...
Further Afric Echoes (C J Dennis Poems)
By gar! I tell-a you, t'ings don't stop Since da war he come wit' a rush,When Nicko, da boss at ...
Dinner-Time (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Tuggin' at your bottle, An' it's O, you're mighty sweet!Just a bunch of dimples From your top-knot to your feet,Lying ...
Mary, Pity Women! (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
You call yourself a man, For all you used to swear, An' Leave me, as you can, My certain shame ...
Gunga Din (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
You may talk o' gin and beer When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot ...