The Yarn of the (John Masefield Poems)
The Loch Achray was a clipper tallWith seven-and-twenty hands in all.Twenty to hand and reef and haul,A skipper to sail ...
Poems about liz (21 Poems)
A Confidence (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
UNCLE JOHN, he makes me tired;Thinks 'at he's jest so all-firedSmart, 'at he kin pick up, so,Ever'thing he wants to ...
Jim’s Letter (James Burnley Poems)
Whats this? A letter thro' Jim? God bless him! What has he to say?Here, Lizzie, my een's gettin' dim, Just read it, ...
Want To Be Whur Mother Is (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
"Want to be whur mother is! Want to be whur mother is!" Jeemses Rivers! won't some one ever shet that howl ...
Cleveland: The Rectal Eye Visions (D A Levy Poems)
"1.WARMING UP THE BOXdelivered on time to persons with city & state line bearing only the words DEATH CITY - ...
Hitched (C J Dennis Poems)
An'—wilt—yeh—take—this—woman—fer—to—be Yer—wedded—wife?— . . . O, strike me! Will I wot?Take 'er? Doreen? 'E stan's there arstin' me! As if ...
Homeward Bound (Edwin James Brady Poems)
WITH tallow casks all dunnaged tight, with tiers on tiers ol bales, With cargo crammed from hatch to hatch, she ...
The Disagreeable Musician (C J Dennis Poems)
'E wouldn't play the flute; the sulky cow. An', after all the trouble that we tookTo try an' cheer,'is spirits ...
The Postman (Billy Bennett Poems)
Three cheers for the postman, the jolly old postman,With letters for Smith, Brown and Kelly, A load in his sack, ...
Buckshee (Billy Bennett Poems)
Since the boys have come back from that terrible warWe're all using words that were not heard beforeLearnt in the ...
Old Tin Liz (Alice Guerin Crist Poems)
We have scrubbed, and scoured and polished, till she's looking just like new,And her good old engines singing, and our ...
Hay Making (Anonymous British Poems)
In the merry month of June, In the prime time of the year; Down in yonder meadows There runs a ...
Valentine–T (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems)
YESTERDAY was St. Valentine. Thought you at all, dear dove divine, Upon the beard in sorry trim And rueful countenance ...
buy me an ounce and i’ll sell you a pound (E. E. Cummings Poems)
buy me an ounce and i'll sell you a pound.Turngert (spin!helen)theslimmer the finger the thicker the thumb(it'swhirl,girls)round and roundearly ...
Invocation (Marilyn Hacker Poem)
This is for Elsa, also known as Liz, an ample-bosomed gospel singer: five discrete malignancies in one full breast. This ...
A Wicker Basket (Robert Creeley Poem)
Comes the time when it's later and onto your table the headwaiter puts the bill, and very soon after rings ...
Lip-Stick Liz (Robert William Service Poems)
Oh Lip-Stick Liz was in the biz, That's the oldest known in history; She had a lot of fancy rags, ...
The Twins Of Lucky Strike (Robert William Service Poems)
I've sung of Violet de Vere, that slinky, minky dame, Of Gertie of the Diamond Tooth, and Touch-the-Button Nell, And ...
The Coward (Robert William Service Poems)
'Ave you seen Bill's mug in the Noos to-day? 'E's gyned the Victoriar Cross, they say; Little Bill wot would ...
Brave Coward (Robert William Service Poems)
Elisabeth imagines I've A yellow streak She deems I have no dash and drive, Jest dogoned weak. 'A man should ...
The Yarn of the Loch Achray (John Masefield Poems)
The Loch Achray was a clipper tall With seven-and-twenty hands in all. Twenty to hand and reef and haul, A ...