Chrismus Is A-Comin’ (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Bones a-gittin' achy, Back a-feelin' col', Han's a-growin' shaky, Jes' lak I was ol'. Fros' erpon de meddah Lookin' mighty white; Snowdraps lak a feddah Slippin' down ...
Poems about pickin (21 Poems)
November’s Come (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
Hey, you swelled-up turkey feller! Struttin' round so big and proud.Pretty quick I guess your beller Won't be goin' quite so loud.Say, ...
Massa’s in de Cold Ground (Stephen C. Foster Poems)
ROUND de meadows am a-ringingDe darkeys' mournful song,While de mocking-bird am singing,Happy as de day am long.Where de ivy am ...
Alf’s Seventh Bit (Ezra Pound Poems)
Did I 'ear it 'arf in a doze:The Co-ops was a goin' somewhere,Did I 'ear it while pickin' 'ops;How they ...
Duck an’ Fowl (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults to a skirt, An' wrecks a joint to square a ...
Uncle Jim (C J Dennis Poems)
I got no time fer wasters, lad, sez 'e, "Give me a man wiv grit," sez Uncle Jim.'E bores 'is ...
Vi’lits (C J Dennis Poems)
I wus pickin' gipsy vi'lits fer to try an' square Doreen.We 'ad words . . . about pianners - fer ...
Two-An’-Six (Claude McKay Poems)
Merry voices chatterin',Nimble feet dem patterin',Big an' little, faces gay,Happy day dis market day.Sateday, de marnin' break,Soon, soon market-people wake;An' ...
Might Have Been (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
If I was a bloke as could paint,Bill said, "which I ain't,Lord! The pictures I'd doOf ships runnin' freeIn the ...
Autumn At The Orchard (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The sumac's flaming scarlet on the edges o' the lake, An' the pear trees are invitin' everyone t' come an' ...
The Servants (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)
With genuflexions to Kipling's _"The Ladies"_We've taken our cooks where we've found 'em; We've answered many an ad;We've had our ...
What Ma Said (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
When Pa came home last night he had a package in his hand,Now Ma," said he, "I've something here which ...
Barley Grass (C J Dennis Poems)
Wavin' corn upon the hillside,Twinklin' daisies on the rise,Mystic bushes across the ranges,Wattle in its spring-time guise,Stately gums that mark ...
The Chuck Wagon (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
She ain't what she was in the days of her glory.Fer years she has stood in the cotton wood shade.But ...
My Big Brother (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
My big brother will git you fer that,He'll shine up your eye and he'll step on your hat:You'd better watch ...
All Dressed Up (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
Things is pickin' up as most folks knows,So I sent to town fer to git new clo'es.Some onderwear and a ...
Buttercup Time (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
WHEN I came back from Hell Fire PassMinus a leg an' a hand,How glad I was to see green fieldsAfter ...
Loot (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
If you've ever stole a pheasant-egg be'ind the keeper's back, If you've ever snigged the washin' from the line, If ...
The Ladies (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
I've taken my fun where I've found it; I've rouged an' I've ranged in my time; I've 'ad my pickin' ...
Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen Poem)
(co-written by Sharon Robinson) Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that ...
DARKIES (John Lindley Poems)
"I'd rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid". Hattie McDaniel. I'm ...