Kenneth Slessor Poems on Kings & Queens Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

IIN an old play-house, in an old play,In an old piece that has been done to death,We dance, kind ladies, ...

I. The King of CuckoozTHE King of Cuckooz ContreyHangs peaked above ArgierWith Janzaries and MarabuttsTo bid a sailor fear-With lantern-eyed ...

(To N.L.)THERE were strange riders once, came gusting downCloaked in dark furs, with faces grave and sweet,And white as air. ...

AT five I wake, rise, rub on the smoking paneA port to see-water breathing in the air,Boughs broken. The sun ...

"THESE are the floating berries of the night,They drop their harvest in dark alleys down,Softly far down on groves of ...

AFTER all, you are my rather tedious hero;It is impossible (damn it!) to avoidLooking at you through keyholes.But come! At ...

(Or Goethe for the Times)ONCE long ago lived a FleaWho kept such a fine, fat King,Not that he held with ...

CHAFING on flags of ebony and pearl,My paladins are waiting. Loops of smokeStoop slowly from the coffee-cups, and curlIn thin ...

"BUY, who'll buy," the pedlar sings,"Bones of beggars, loins of kings,Ribs of murder, haunch of hate,And Beauty's head on a ...

(To the Poets' Ladies)SHALL I give you the Bourbon-sugarsOf sherry and yellow skyAnd a girl in a country curricleMerrily bowling ...

Kenneth Slessor Poems on Kings & Queens (10 Poems)