Jim (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, be the Hokey Fly! sez Peter Begg."Suppose 'e comes 'ome with a wooden leg. Suppose 'e isn't fit to ...
C J Dennis Poems on Life (121 Poems)
The Woes of Bill (C J Dennis Poems)
Once upon a recent even, as I lay in fitful slumber,Weaving dreams and seeing visions vague and utterly absurd,Suddenly I ...
The Knight’s Return (C J Dennis Poems)
The conq'rin' 'ero! Me? Yes, I don't think. This mornin' when I catch the train fer 'ome,It's far more ...
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 ...
The Glug Quest (C J Dennis Poems)
Follow the river and cross the ford, Follow again to the wobbly bridge,Turn to the left at the notice board, ...
Dad (C J Dennis Poems)
I've knowed ole Flood this last five year or more;I knoo 'im when 'is Syd went to the war. A ...
The Call of Stoush (C J Dennis Poems)
Wot price ole Ginger Mick? 'E's done a break - Gone to the flamin' war to stoush the foe.Wus it ...
Beef Tea (C J Dennis Poems)
She never nagged; she never said no word; But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred. I could ...
Get Work (C J Dennis Poems)
On one fine but fatal morning in the early Eocene, Lo, a brawny Bloke set out to dig a hole:First ...
Listeners Luck (C J Dennis Poems)
My sort, she sez, "don't meet no fairy prince." I can't 'elp 'earin' part uv wot was said ...
The Minglers (C J Dennis Poems)
A sight that gives me much distress Is George without his trousers,Garbed, scantily, in bathing dress Proscribed by saintly Wowsers,And ...
The Corpse That Won’t Lie Still (C J Dennis Poems)
Aye, call it murder is ye will! 'Tis not the crime I fear.If his cold curse would but lie still ...
Half a Man (C J Dennis Poems)
I wash me 'ands uv 'im, I tells 'em straight. "You women can do wot yeh dash well like.I leave ...
A Spring Song (C J Dennis Poems)
The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul;An' all them joys ...
The Mooch O’ Life (C J Dennis Poems)
This ev'nin' I was sittin' wiv Doreen, Peaceful an' 'appy wiv the day's work done,Watchin', be'ind the orchard's bonzer green, ...
West (C J Dennis Poems)
I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime I'm mad to 'ave things clean.I've seen so much uv death," 'e ...
Out West (C J Dennis Poems)
I've seen so much uv dirt an' grime I'm mad to 'ave things clean.I've seen so much uv death, ...
A Square Deal (C J Dennis Poems)
Dreamin'? I sez to Digger Smith. "Buck up, ole sport, an' smile.Ain't there enough uv joy to-dayTo drive the bogey ...
Son of a Fool (C J Dennis Poems)
Gyved and chained in his father's home, He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule;Bowed to the earth in the land of ...
‘Stone the Crows’ (C J Dennis Poems)
Why stone the crows! 'e sez. "I like 'er style, But alwiz, some'ow, women 'ave appearedSet fer to 'old me ...
Pilot Cove (C J Dennis Poems)
Young friend, 'e sez . . . Young friend! Well, spare me days! Yeh'd think I wus 'is own white ...
Toolangi (C J Dennis Poems)
He was obviously English, in his Harris tweeds and stockings.And his accent was of Oxford, and his swagger and his ...
Grey Thrush (C J Dennis Poems)
Grey thrush was in the wattle tree, an', "Oh, you pretty dear!"He says in his allurin' way; an' I remarks, ...
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 ...
The Clerk (C J Dennis Poems)
The unsoiled hand, the sleek, black coat, The senile, ledger-haunted hours,The knowledge that my freeman's vote Is humbly cast to ...
K’Shoo (C J Dennis Poems)
A Seasodable RhybeWhen your dose is code as barble, Ad you sduffle all the day,Ad your head id is behavig ...
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 ...
Suburbia – A Yearn (C J Dennis Poems)
O man with a Position, prithee tell,How is't you mould your sal'ried life so well;Holding in lofty scorn that lowly ...
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 Chase of Ages (C J Dennis Poems)
Light of my lives! Is the time not yet? Lo, I've brooded on a starThrough many a year, with the ...