The Farmer’s Daughter Cherry (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
The Farmer quit what he was at, The bee-hive he was smokin':He tilted back his old straw hat-- Says he, "Young man, ...
Poems about shadder (21 Poems)
A Summer Pastoral (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
It's hot to-day. The bees is buzzin' Kinder don't-keer-like aroun' An' fur off the warm air dances O'er the parchin' roofs in town. In ...
The Old Swimmin’ Hole (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, And the ...
On The Banks O’ Deer Crick (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the place fer me!-- Worter slidin' past ye jes as clair as it kin be:-- See ...
Black Mammies (John Wesley Holloway Poems)
If Ah evah git to glory, an' Ah hope to mek it thoo,Ah expec' to hyah a story, an' Ah ...
But What’s The Use (Henry Lawson Poems)
But what's the use of writing 'bush'- Though editors demand it-For city folk, and farming folk, Can never understand it.They're blind to ...
Sary Emma’s Photygraphs (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
Our Sary Emma is possessed ter be at somethin' queer;She's allers doin' loony things, unheard of fur and near.One time ...
Waitin’ Fer The Cat To Die (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Lawzy! don't I rickollect That-'air old swing in the lane!Right and proper, I expect, Old times _can't_ come back again;But I want ...
Noon (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Shadder in de valley Sunlight on de hill, Sut'ny wish dat locus' Knowed how to be still. Don't de heat already Mek a body hum, 'Dout ...
Hope (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DE dog go howlin' 'long de road,De night come shiverin' down;My back is tiahed of its load,I cain't be fu' ...
The Looking-Glas (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DINAH stan' befo' de glass,Lookin' moughty neat,An' huh purty shadder sassAt huh haid an' feet.While she sasshay 'roun' an' bow,Smilin' ...
Old Winters On The Farm (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I have jest about decided It 'ud keep a _town-boy_ hoppin' Fer to work all winter, choppin' Fer a' old fire-place, like _I_ ...
The Battle Of The Wazzir (C J Dennis Poems)
If ole Pharaoh, King of Egyp', 'ad been gazin' on the scene 'E'd' ave give the A.I.F. a narsty nameWhen ...
In Spadger’s Lane (C J Dennis Poems)
Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile Acrost the sky when we've grown sick o' day,She's like some fat ...
Sari Bair (C J Dennis Poems)
So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck,An' there's more than one ole pal ...
Marthy’s Younkit (Eugene Field Poems)
The mountain brook sung lonesomelike, and loitered on its wayEz if it waited for a child to jine it in ...
Daylight Saving in Cactus Center (Arthur Chapman Poems)
Down here in Cactus Center we believe in savin' time;Unlike the waste of powder, wastin' daylight is a crime;So we ...
Marthy’s younkit (Eugene Field Poems)
The mountain brook sung lonesomelike, and loitered on its way Ez if it waited for a child to jine it ...
The Old Swimmin’-Hole (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
OH! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, ...
Knee-Deep in June (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Tell you what I like the best -- 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the ...
The Little Old Log Cabin (Robert William Service Poems)
When a man gits on his uppers in a hard-pan sort of town, An' he ain't got nothin' comin' an' ...