Pigeon Toes (Henry Lawson Poems)
A dusty clearing in the scrubs Of barren, western lands-Where, out of sight, or sign of hope The wretched school-house stands;A roof ...
Poems about nagging (20 Poems)
The Song of a Prison (Henry Lawson Poems)
Now this is the song of a prison-a song of a gaol or jug-A ballad of quod or of chokey, ...
The Secret Whisky Cure (Henry Lawson Poems)
'Tis no tale of heroism, 'tis no tale of storm and strife,But of ordinary boozing, and of dull domestic life-Of ...
Witch Doctor (Robert Hayden Poems)
IHe dines alone surrounded by reflectionsof himself. Then after sleep and benzedrinedescends the Cinquecento stair his magicwrought from hypochondria of ...
A Bush Girl (Henry Lawson Poems)
She's milking in the rain and dark, As did her mother in the past.The wretched shed of poles and bark, Rent by ...
For He Was a Jolly Good Fellow (Henry Lawson Poems)
THEY CHEERED him from the wharf-it was a glorious day:His hand went to his scarf-his thoughts were far away.Oh, he ...
Farewell To Arcady (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
With sombre mien, the Evening gray Comes nagging at the heels of Day, And driven faster and still faster Before the dusky-mantled Master, The ...
Camomile (Jurgis Baltrusaitis Poems)
Camomile, you mite of whiteness,To refresh the road I've taken,Rising from the dust, you stand there,With your glowing head uplifted...For ...
The Peter-Bird (Eugene Field Poems)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter,And from the orchard a voice echoes and echoes ...
In a Copy Of Browning (Bliss William Carman Poems)
BROWNING, old fellow,Your leaves grow yellow,Beginning to mellowAs seasons pass.Your cover is wrinkled,And stained and sprinkled,And warped and crinkledFrom sleep ...
Granny Discovers Another Tiger (C J Dennis Poems)
That's him!! The authentic, identical beast! The Unionist tiger, full brother to "Sosh"!I know by the prowl of him.Hark to ...
Altarwise By Owl-Light (Dylan Thomas Poems)
Altarwise by owl-light in the half-way house The gentleman lay graveward with his furies; Abaddon in the hangnail cracked from ...
Brightness Breaches and the Beak (C J Dennis Poems)
Bright young thing: Thou on the beaches Life is gay and pleasure ladenAll in vain the law beseeches ...
Bond Street (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
Its glittering emptiness it brings — This little lane of useless things. Here peering envy arm in arm With ennui ...
The Wicket Cricket Critic (C J Dennis Poems)
If the cricket critics' naggingMerits stern official gagging -- Which I doubt --How would critical ascetics,With their prosy homiletics, Shut ...
gentlemen lift the sea (Rg Gregory Poem)
on a deformed request in a train lavatory gentlemen lift the sea be all of you the modern muscular mountains ...
The peter-bird (Eugene Field Poem)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter, And from the orchard a voice echoes and ...
Your noble reign (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
The man whose term we would remember as our longest, constant serving Head of State, besides the late Sir Robert ...
MARGINALIA (Barry Tebb Poems)
Here is a silence I had not hoped for This side of paradise, I am an old believer In nature's ...
Rowing (Anne Sexton Poems)
A story, a story! (Let it go. Let it come.) I was stamped out like a Plymouth fender into this ...