For The Defence (C J Dennis Poems)
This Cen-TEEN-ary, sez 'e --Sez I, "You'll pardon me." (Perlite, like that, first off, and 'arf in laughter)."You'll pardon me, ...
Poems about ups (21 Poems)
‘Wet’ (C J Dennis Poems)
Not guilty, yer Honor . . . An' givin' me reasons,I'd like for to plead this 'ere change in the ...
The Milk Billy (C J Dennis Poems)
So nice it is of you to call . . . Yes; Monday week we done it;Right 'igh-clarse weddin' ...
The Mouth-Organ (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
Oh, there ain't no band to cheer us up, there ain't no 'Ighland pipersTo keep our warlike ardure warm round ...
The Old-Timer (Arthur Chapman Poems)
He showed up in the springtime, when the geese began to honk;He signed up with the outfit, and we fattened ...
Spring Shower (Boris Pasternak Poems)
Winked to the birdcherry, gulped amid tears, Splashed over carriages' varnish, trees' tremble.Full moon. The musicians are picking their way ...
The Old, Old Story (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
I have no wish to rail at fate, And vow that I'm unfairly treated;I do not give vent to ...
Fair Does (A P Herbert Poems)
The great ships sink — we praise the Navy still.The bombers fall — we speak no airman ill.Why give the ...
They Don’t (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Life has its ups and downs,Its fair and cloudy weather,But this you'll find, my friend,They never come together.(Edgar Albert Guest)
For’ard’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep, For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away ...
the red man says hello (Rg Gregory Poem)
the red man says hello the green tree says i'm here all grown-ups are sleeping only the children hear decorations ...
Tell Me Your Story (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Beyond the legal jargon, the him versus her, the pleadings, the causes, the arguments there is the story, the reality ...
So Who is this Nick Character (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
So the sermon had a hook, so to speak; no, she hadn't said the sky was green. She said she ...
Bojangles And Jo (James A. Emanuel Poem)
Stairstep music: ups, downs, Bill Robinson smiling, jazzdancing the rounds. She raised champagne lips, danced inside banana hips. All Paris ...
Rivulose (A. R. Ammons Poem)
You think the ridge hills flowing, breaking with ups and downs will, though, building constancy into the black foreground for ...
A Drunken Man’s Praise Of Sobriety (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I ...
The Marriage Of Geraint (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
The brave Geraint, a knight of Arthur's court, A tributary prince of Devon, one Of that great Order of the ...
My Bay’nit (Robert William Service Poems)
When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay'nit And told me it 'ad to be smothered wiv gore; ...
Susie (Robert William Service Poems)
My daughter Susie, aged two, Apes me in every way, For as my household chores I do With brooms she ...
The Duck (Ogden Nash Poems)
Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks. It is specially fond Of a puddle ...
It’s the Journey That’s Important… (John McLeod Poem)
Life, sometimes so wearying Is worth its weight in gold The experience of traveling Lends a wisdom that is old ...