[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] “Rolling Her Home” Clawing the miles with her space-spurning pistons, Shaking the earth with tyrannical tread ; Sinking her fangs in the heart of the distance — Sleepers a-jump in the “permanent” bed ! Stars glowing red in the zenith […]

[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Silk Cracker Days I dreamt last night they were back again — those silk-lashed days of yore, Ere the rush and clang of the steaming train had drowned the ox-whips’ roar. I dreamt that the year was ’79, and I […]