Poems

The Ballad of the Ice-Worm Cocktail by Robert W. Service

To Dawson Town came Percy Brown from London on the Thames. A pane of glass was in his eye, and stockings on his stems. Upon the shoulder of his coat a leather pad he wore, To rest his deadly rifle wh…

Tagged: by, Robert, W., Service, Cocktail

Started by Steve MacDowall Dec 6.

Trees - Joyce Kilmer 4 Replies

by Alfred Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And l…

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Started by Steve MacDowall. Last reply by Steve MacDowall Nov 5.

The Cremation of Sam McGee - Robert W. Service 3 Replies

by Robert W. Service There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your blood run cold; The Northern Ligh…

Started by Steve MacDowall. Last reply by Steve MacDowall Nov 5.

If - Rudyard Kipling 1 Reply

If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting to…

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Started by Steve MacDowall. Last reply by Steve MacDowall Oct 11.