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 Little Orphan
The crowded street his playground is, a patch of blue his sky;A puddle in a vacant lot his sea where ships pass by:Poor little orphan boy of five..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Selfishness
Search history, my boy, and seeWhat petty selfishness has done.Find if you can one victoryThat little minds have ever won.There is no record there to..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Princess Pat's
A touch of the plain and the prairie,A bit of the Motherland, too;A strain of the fur-trapper wary,A blend of the old and the new;A bit of the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Grandpa
My grandpa is the finest manExcep' my pa. My grandpa canMake kites an' carts an' lots of thingsYou pull along the ground with strings,And he knows..
© Edgar Albert Guest
House-Hunting
Time was when spring returned we wentTo find another home to rent;We wanted fresher, cleaner walls,And bigger rooms and wider halls,And open plumbing..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Homesick
It's tough when you are homesick in a strangeand distant place;It's anguish when you're hungry for anold-familiar face.And yearning for the good..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Out Of Doors
The kids are out-of-doors once more;The heavy leggins that they wore,The winter caps that covered earsAre put away, and no more tearsAre shed because..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Happy Slow Thinker
Full many a time a thought has comeThat had a bitter meaning in it.And in the conversation's humI lost it ere I could begin it.I've had it on my..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Duty
To do your little bit of toil,To play life's game with head erect;To stoop to nothing that would soilYour honor or your self-respect;To win what gold..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Friends
Ain't it fine when things are goingTopsy-turvy and askewTo discover someone showingGood old-fashioned faith in you?Ain't it good when life seems..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Important Thing
He was playing in the garden when we called him in for tea,But he didn't seem to hear us, so I went out there to seeWhat the little rogue was up to..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Daddies
I would rather be the daddyOf a romping, roguish crew,Of a bright-eyed chubby laddieAnd a little girl or two,Than the monarch of a nationIn his high..
© Edgar Albert Guest
To The Humble
If all the flowers were roses,If never daisies grew,If no old-fashioned posiesDrank in the morning dew,Then man might have some reasonTo whimper and..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Curly Locks
Curly locks, what do you know of the world,And what do your brown eyes see?Has your baby mind been able to findOne thread of the mystery?Do you know..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Reward
Don't want medals on my breast,Don't want all the glory,I'm not worrying greatly lestThe world won't hear my story.A chance to dream beside a..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Few
The easy roads are crowdedAnd the level roads are jammed;The pleasant little riversWith the drifting folks are crammed.But off yonder where it's..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Fishing Nooks
'Men will grow weary,' said the Lord,'Of working for their bed and board.They'll weary of the money chaseAnd want to find a resting placeWhere hum of..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Preparedness
Right must not live in idleness,Nor dwell in smug content;It must be strong, against the throngOf foes, on evil bent.Justice must not a weakling..
© Edgar Albert Guest
My Paw Said So
Foxes can talk if you know how to listen,My Paw said so.Owls have big eyes that sparkle an' glisten,My Paw said so.Bears can turn flip-flaps an'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Little Master Mischievous
Little Master Mischievous, that's the name for you;There's no better title that describes the things you do:Into something all the while where you..
© Edgar Albert Guest
An Easy World
It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so;You never need to suffer, save the griefs that all must know;If you'll stay upon the level..
© Edgar Albert Guest
About Boys
Show me the boy who never threwA stone at someone's cat;Or never hurled a snowball swiftAt someone's high silk hat.Who never ran away from school,To..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Songs Of Rejoicing
Songs of rejoicin',Of love and of cheer,Are the songs that I'm yearnin' forYear after year.The songs about childrenWho laugh in their gleeAre the..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Cookie Jar
You can rig up a house with all manner of things,The prayer rugs of sultans and princes and kings;You can hang on its wall the old tapestries..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Greater Self
This came to pass. After the coronation of Nufsibaal King of Byblus, he retired to his bed-chamber—the very room which the three hermit-magicians of..
© Kahlil Gibran