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 Newspaper Man

Bit of a priest and a bit of sailor,Bit of a doctor and bit of a tailor,Bit of a lawyer, and bit of detective,Bit of a judge, for his work is..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Boy's Ideal

I must be fit for a child to play with,Fit for a youngster to walk away with;Fit for his trust and fit to beReady to take him upon my knee;Whether I..

© Edgar Albert Guest

As It Looks To The Boy

His comrades have enlisted, but his mother bids him stay,His soul is sick with coward shame, his head hangs low to-day,His eyes no longer sparkle..

© Edgar Albert Guest

General Pershing

He isn't long on speeches. At the banquet table, heCould name a dozen places where he would much rather be.He's not one for fuss and feathers or for..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Thoughts Of A Soldier

Since men with life must purchase lifeAnd some must die that more may live,Unto the Great Cashier of strifeA fine accounting let me give.Perhaps..

© Edgar Albert Guest

A Friend's Greeting

DIAMONDS wouldn't tell yer all I really think of you,The costliest gift the goldsmith makes I'm sure would never do.There's nothing known that gold..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Old-Fashioned Folks

OLD-FASHIONED folks! God bless 'em all!The fathers an' the mothers,The aunts an' uncles, fat an' tall,The sisters an' the brothers.The good..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Answering Age

AGE is calling to me, with his finger long and grim,It is urging me to wander down the dreary lanes with him,It has lined my cheeks with furrows, and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Golf Luck

As a golfer I'm not one who cops the money;I shall always be a member of the dubs;There are times my style is positively funny;I am awkward in my..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Cut-Down Trousers

When father couldn't wear them mother cut them down for me;She took the slack in fore and aft, and hemmed them at the knee;They fitted rather..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Lullaby

The golden dreamboat's ready, all her silken sails are spread,And the breeze is gently blowing to the fairy port of Bed,And the fairy's captain's..

© Edgar Albert Guest

True

The shoemaker sticks to his last and he's right;By divorce, though, we wouldn't be cursed,If everyone else in this great world of oursWould be..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Similar

A warship and a woman's hatAre just alike, I state,They 're big and ugly, cost a heap,And soon get out date.

© Edgar Albert Guest

Memorial Day

The finest tribute we can payUnto our hero dead to-day,Is not a rose wreath, white and red,In memory of the blood they shed;It is to stand beside..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Getting Her A Valentine

"GIVE me the prettiest valentineYou've got in the shop,' said he,'One with the tenderest sort o' line,In type that her eyes can see.One that she..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Jimmy

I NEVER knew him, for he never grewUp as so many strong little ones do;Just a year on the earth with his mother, and thenGod came and took Jimmy to..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Two Viewpoints

OUT in the open, the wide sky above,And the green meadows stretched at my feet;Out in the open, midst scenes that I love,Where the rest hour is..

© Edgar Albert Guest

They'Re Coming Back

THEY 'RE coming home Thanksgiving Day,They 're coming back once more,And mother's smiles begin to playThe way they did beforeThe youngsters went..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Mother Natur

GOOD, kindly Mother Nature playsNo favorites, but smiles for allWho care to tread her pleasant waysAnd listen to the song birds' call.The tulips and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Joys Of Home

Curling smoke from a chimney low,And only a few more steps to go,Faces pressed at a window paneWatching for someone to come again,And I am the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Tragedy Of Age

I HEARD an old man say today:'A young man gives me orders now,'A beardless youth gets better payAnd tells me what to do and how;While I have toiled..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Best Way To Read A Book

Best way to read a book I knowIs get a lad of six or so,And curl him up upon my kneeDeep in a big arm chair, where weCan catch the warmth of blazing..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home

'Wait till your Pa comes home!' Oh, dear!What a dreadful threat for a boy to hear.Yet never a boy of three or fourBut has heard it a thousand times..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Rather Stay Home

NEVER so happy as when I 'm at home,I 'm not so anxious to wander or roam;Rather sit down with the folks who love me,With somebody's youngster..

© Edgar Albert Guest

There Will Always Be Something To Do

There will always be something to do, my boy;There will always be wrongs to right;There will always be need for a manly breedAnd men unafraid to..

© Edgar Albert Guest