Doreen (C J Dennis Poems)
I wish't yeh menat it, Bill. Oh, 'ow me 'eart Went out to 'er that evnin' on the beach.I knew ...
C J Dennis Poems on Fairness (55 Poems)
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 Censor (C J Dennis Poems)
The Censor sits behind his desk, And smiles a censored smile; His great, blue ...
Ballad of Bopard Defied (C J Dennis Poems)
As I came to a playing-field on happy summer dayTwo strudy youths I did espy; at cricket they did play. ...
The Wonders of the One Pound Note (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!You .... with but a sixpence in your pocket, and you with half a "quid," and you with a ...
The Defence (C J Dennis Poems)
Not guilty, yer Honers! I talks to yer straight! An' I calls it a pretty crook game -An' an 'og ...
The Cab Horses’ Story (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, you wouldn't imagine, to look at me, That I was a racehorse once.I have done my mile in - ...
The Capital Site (C J Dennis Poems)
I hear them speak of a Fed'ral siteWhere shall arise a city bright -Mother, where is this bonzer spot?Shall we ...
The Invalid (C J Dennis Poems)
The pale young man he comes to me, An' chats me good an' fair;"The langwidge that you use," ses he, ...
Conducted Tour (C J Dennis Poems)
Walk up! Walk up to the Bureaucratic Fair!All the tasters and the testers and the tallymen are there. All the ...
A Fair Spin (C J Dennis Poems)
Righto!I'll give the game a go.They say I should be circumspect; but I don't care a hang.I'll bangThe cows in ...
The Bush Veteran (C J Dennis Poems)
Old Pete Parraday, he toddles up the road,"Dangin'" things and "darn in'" things and hefting of his load For yesterday ...
Yule Fever (With apologies to the King’s Minstrel) (C J Dennis Poems)
I must go down to the shops again, to the crowded shops go IAnd all I have is a long ...
In A Forest Garden: A Promise of Spring (C J Dennis Poems)
Spring surely must be near. High over head The kind blue heavens bend to timbers tall;And here, this morning, is ...
Quantum Sufficit (C J Dennis Poems)
I only said this German planHad points, remarked the small, meek man. "I merely said an extra wife Might add ...
A Post-Cup Tale (C J Dennis Poems)
I'ad the money in me 'and!Fair dinkum! Right there, by the stand. I tole me wife at breakfus' time, ...
Cataclysm (C J Dennis Poems)
We curse our lot; we gird at fate; Like peevish children we complain;Hope dies, and life grows desperate Because of ...
A Few Lines to Beauty (C J Dennis Poems)
Girls!You with the bobbed hair or Mary Pickford curls,Likewise you others Who still adopt the hair-dressing style, That makes the ...
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, ...
A Forest Scene (C J Dennis Poems)
As I went down a forest place At the closing of the yearTo find me peace, and gather grace In ...
The Bush Fire (C J Dennis Poems)
THE AIMLet's have a tiny little bush fire. It's a cold, cold night tonight.We are ...
Week-ends (C J Dennis Poems)
I don't know what's come to the summer In these dull and decadent years;But a fellow grows glummer and glummer ...
Fire Bugs (C J Dennis Poems)
Look 'ere. I'll bet a 'arf-a-crown To anythink you like to name (said Bushy Bill),If country fellers went to town,An' ...
It’s No Joke to One Bloke (C J Dennis Poems)
Dear Comrade: In the game of politicsA Senator gits quite enough of kicks Without 'is photer sittin' in the press ...
The Incorrigible (C J Dennis Poems)
The bad boy of Europe, He stands in dire disgrace,Crying too loud his innocence While guilt grins from his face.The ...