Blokes (C J Dennis Poems)
Blokes ~ 'ErbDo you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort ...
C J Dennis Poems on Politics (44 Poems)
Git-Yer-Gun (C J Dennis Poems)
Thus it happened .... Let me mention, lest I raise an unsought quarrel, This occurred in times long vanished, in ...
The Calm (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers, have you observed the calm?Even the leaves of that symbolic palmThat denotes peace, political and otherwise, are scarcely stirredBy ...
The Philistine (C J Dennis Poems)
Smith is a very stupid man; He lives next door to me;He has no settled scheme or plan ...
Cackle (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
Jones M.P. (C J Dennis Poems)
It was thus in the beginning: With a sporting chance of winning, Jones contested an election years ago.He was young, ...
A Ballad for Elderly Kids (C J Dennis Poems)
Now this is the ballad of Jeremy Jones, And likewise of Bobadil Brown,Of the Snooks and the Snaggers and Macs ...
Over the Fence (C J Dennis Poems)
'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool,An' I ain't lookin' round for bricks to 'eave at ...
The Apologist (C J Dennis Poems)
Dear friends, I'm Deakin....No; no mistake,You're wide awake.It's ALF that's speakin'...I wish to makeA few remarks about - Eh? What,O, ...
The Liberal Constitution (C J Dennis Poems)
Jack Sprat would eat no fat, His wife would eat ...
Music In The Chair (C J Dennis Poems)
SCENE: Political meeting of future.CHAIRMAN, rising, calls for silence.CHAIRMAN: Ladies and gentlemen -- those of you that are -- I ...
A Love Letter (C J Dennis Poems)
Dearest!You know you ever ARE the nearestTo my fond heart.Joking apart,I swear, by all the silly stars above you,Darling, I ...
A Mixed Crew (C J Dennis Poems)
Tho' it sounds a trifle mystic, Somewhat vague and cabbalistic,When you come to analyse the ...
The High Priest (C J Dennis Poems)
Nay, why do foolish politicians strive To win a fleeting popularity?In vain, in vain, they jealously contrive To turn the ...
In The Doldrums (C J Dennis Poems)
Friends!Have you, too, noticed that calm which descendsUpon affairs today?Search as we may,The papers have few things indeed to sayOf ...
Work or Reflection (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, I always have preserved a certain attitude Quite definite in reference to Work --('Tis futility concealingThat I have the ...
Gentlemen! (C J Dennis Poems)
Gentlemen! a politician,One who values his position,Stands, with easy confidence,Here before you on the fence.For he knows full well, good ...
The Mellowing Of Joe (C J Dennis Poems)
When the Laborites and Liberals are bickering, Are a-calling and a-bawling in the House,And the strangers in the gallery are ...
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 ...
Election Aftermath (C J Dennis Poems)
1. ANTE-ELECTIONSNow, a cove the name of Blabb, a politician, He's a haughty sort o' high pan-jan-dee-ram;An' he holds ...
Old Town Types No. 9 – Long John, The Snob (C J Dennis Poems)
Long John McDougal, the wax-end and leather man, Solon of the main street, full of curious lore,Keen-eyed and frugal, politician, ...
The Dictator (C J Dennis Poems)
Avaunt! What news is this I hear Of portent grim and sinister?Is he, whose words insult mine ear, A mere, ...
Playtime (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!(I address myself to that chosen few -- which includes you,My dear reader -- whoAre men of understanding, bright intellect ...
Bill (C J Dennis Poems)
Gentle brother, answer truly, Tell what you be.But, I pray, tax not unduly Your sagacitee.Is your brand u-ni-fi-cation -Is't, or ...
It Isn’t Cricket (C J Dennis Poems)
Hello, old cobber. Well, what's on your mind? You're lookin' awful gloomy and mysteriousDone in your dough? The horses been ...
A Different Route (C J Dennis Poems)
Say you have some great objective.Very well. Be calm, reflective;Make no vulgar show of vigor; 'tisn't good.Do not rush the ...
In Time (C J Dennis Poems)
In good time, when I am ready, Wondrous schemes shall I unfold;But we must be cautious, steady, Cleaving to the ...
The Barter Boom (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, since man became a martyr To this economic stress,He has sought relief, in barter, From financial wretchedness;So, dispensing with ...
Fred (C J Dennis Poems)
Do you know Fred? Now there's a man to know These days when politics are in the air, An' ...
The Genesis of Gloom [Australian Variety] (C J Dennis Poems)
Once upon a time, in days remote,A politician bought a vote. The price he paid is not quite clear, But ...