[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Teach ’Em To Shoot. When you’ve done with your frivol and fooling, Your parlor diversions and games; When your stripling has come from his schooling, Swell-headed with figures and … [Read more...] about Teach ’Em To Shoot [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Dryblower’s Verses (Dryblower Murphy 1926)
Shicker, I S’pose [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Shicker, I S’pose. I’m writing this rhyme on an East-bound ship (The pilot will bear it back); I’m taking a once-in-seven years’ trip, And in seven days’ time the Queenscliff … [Read more...] about Shicker, I S’pose [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
The Devout Lover [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] The Devout Lover. ’Twas by the sandy Crawley Spit His eye upon his float, I saw a fishing person sit Within a fishing boat. And glancing upwards from my book, From one of many … [Read more...] about The Devout Lover [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Bricks of Beer [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Bricks of Beer. You talk of your old “Golden Shanty” Ted Dyson invented and built, But you’ll warble a weakly andante When I’ve lifted you my little lilt. Gold in a brick-clay you … [Read more...] about Bricks of Beer [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
On Nights Like These [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] On Nights Like These. (Written during the fearful Trevessa storm.) On nights like these, when breezes bitter blow And all the wrath of God comes down in rain, When crowded clouds … [Read more...] about On Nights Like These [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Fighting in France [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Fighting in France. Perth daily paper ad.:— “Will some kind person adopt a motherless baby girl? Father killed in France?” Are you list’ning, O, Heavyheart, childless and lone? Are … [Read more...] about Fighting in France [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Wot’s Yours? [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Wot’s Yours? “I never nursed a dear gazelle,” The decomposing poet rhymed, “But when it came to know me well The high-up, heavenly stairs he climbed.” The last line may not be … [Read more...] about Wot’s Yours? [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
The Storm [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] The Storm. I am the storm: My mother the wastes of the frozen Pole, My father the still, equatorial heat, My cradle the seas where the surges roll And all the points of the compass … [Read more...] about The Storm [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Snores [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Snores. It was the old night-porter At the Knock-em-up Hotel, He’d been a racecourse wroughter In the years that yester dwell. He had snared what he could snavel, He had chewed it … [Read more...] about Snores [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
Renunciation [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]
[Editor: This poem by “Dryblower” Murphy was published in Dryblower’s Verses (1926).] Renunciation. Renunciation clangs its cruel chords Upon the diapason of our souls, As struck by brutal and unbending swords The tocsin through a mist heart-breaking tolls. The … [Read more...] about Renunciation [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 1926]