Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
The Two Goliaths
GOLIATH was a giant, the bully of his side,His coat of mail was brazen, his face wasfierce with pride;And when a shepherd stripling to challenge him..
© Jessie Pope
Cobbers
They were “cobbers,” that’s Anzac for chum.But it means rather more than we mean –A friendship that will not succumb,Though distance or death..
© Jessie Pope
A Close Finish
['A marriage is arranged between Miss Diana Dashington and Lord Broadacres.']The race of the season is over ;I've lost and Diana has won ;She's..
© Jessie Pope
The Clerk Of The Weather
Re: HEAT WAVEDear Sir, we've had enough.Do you forget, I think you do, perhaps,Our temperate position on the maps?Daily we mourn the collar's swift..
© Jessie Pope
Ware Wire!
WHEN the beagles are running like steam,When the plough is as sticky as glue,When the scent is an absolute scream,And there's wire in the fence to..
© Jessie Pope
Coo-Ee
“Down under” boys on furlough are in townDischarged from hospital, repaired and braced,Their faces still retain, their native brown,Their millinery..
© Jessie Pope
To A Taube
Above the valley, rich and fair,On flashing pinions, glittering, gay,You hover in the upper air,A bird of prey.Snarling across the empty blueYou..
© Jessie Pope
The Nut
He used to get, when in civilian state,His tea and shaving water, sharp, at eight.Then ten delicious minutes would be spentIn one last snooze of..
© Jessie Pope
Crumbs Of Comfort
When Gladys comes a whisper wakes,A sudden thrill prevails,She holds the eyes of men, and takesThe wind out of our sails.In spite of every art we..
© Jessie Pope
Three Jolly Huntsmen
Three jolly, old huntsmen, Joe, Jerry, Jim,Took lunch at 'The Three Cornered Hat';Now Jerry was lanky, but Joe wasn't slim,And Jim was delightfully..
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The Nut’s Birthday
When Gilbert’s birthday came last spring,Oh! How our brains were rackedTo try to find a single thingOur languid dear one lacked;For, since he nestled..
© Jessie Pope
The Outpost
The dying sunset's slanting raysIncarnadine the soldier's deed,His sturdy countenance betraysThe bull-dog breed.Not his to shun the stubborn..
© Jessie Pope
Love In A Mist
Beneath an Ilfracombe machine,While thunderstorms were raging,Strephon and Chloe found the sceneExceedingly engaging;Though Mother Earth reproached..
© Jessie Pope
The Lads Of The Maple Leaf
RIPE for any adventure, sturdy, loyal and game,Quick to the call of the Mother, the young Canadians came.Eager to show their mettle, ready to shed..
© Jessie Pope
The Zeppelin Armada
'TO-DAY, since Zeppelins are in the air,And folks glance skywards as they go their ways,Let us hark back a bit to an affairThat happened in Queen..
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The Comet
Last week we started out in glee,The boys and Bertha, Aunt and me,Across the village green to seeThe comet;Some people really must be blind,Or only..
© Jessie Pope
A Valentine [from An Old Lover]
Estelle, when you and I were rising ninePerhaps you'd rather I suppressed the dateI spent a shilling on a valentineAnd left it for you at the garden..
© Jessie Pope
Snowflakes
A little curly-headed godThrough asphodel came creeping,Found Mother Juno on the nod,And safely slipped her keeping.Away he frolicked, full of..
© Jessie Pope
Love's Sacrifice
When I asked my dear Edwin to shaveI'd never a thought of denial;He'd been such an absolute slave,I put his devotion on trial.But his eye threw a..
© Jessie Pope
A Sore Point
It was clear that poor Richard was out of the running,His mortification he could not disguise.She flirted with Edward, the company shunning,Soul..
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The Niggers
When Sibyl sits upon the beachWith Kate and Madeline,Dick, Tom and Jack, the swain of each,Loll gloomily between,With savage glances at the throngOf..
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War Girls
'There's the girl who clips your ticket for the train,And the girl who speeds the lift from floor to floor,There's the girl who does a milk-round in..
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Captive Conquerors
OH! Stuttgart Frauleins, and capacious Fraus,What shocking news is this that filters through?Have you been fostering domestic rowsBy casting..
© Jessie Pope
The War Budget
Hodge waded through the weekly news,'The Income Tax, he said,'That's nowt to me, I shallunt lose,'Twill hit the boss instead.Lloyd George he be the..
© Jessie Pope
Motor Martyrdom
I never have clung to a motor car,Or crouched on a motor bike.Worry and scurry, clank and jarI cordially dislike.I do not care for grimy hair,For..
© Jessie Pope