[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Sparrow I’m a chirpie little chappie. Pertly vulgar, passing vain, Quarrelsome, yet piping, happy, My monotonous refrain. Foraging by shed and stable, Close camp-follower of … [Read more...] about The Sparrow [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Singing Garden (C. J. Dennis 1935)
The Ground Thrush [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Ground Thrush I’m a business man; and I can’t spare time For this fluting and fussing and frilling. The song of my cousin may be sublime, But I never have found it filling. So I run … [Read more...] about The Ground Thrush [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Blue Kingfisher [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Blue Kingfisher Where the little river gleaming Thro’ its shadows, green and cool, Broadens to the quiet dreaming Of a little shady pool; There an azure jewel burning O’er the waters … [Read more...] about The Blue Kingfisher [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Butcher Bird [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Butcher Bird I might charm you with my song, Could you but forget my trade, Where I pipe the autumn long In some bowered wattle glade — Pipe a rollicking refrain Such as Circe might … [Read more...] about The Butcher Bird [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The White Cockatoo [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The White Cockatoo They count me but a common bird, Unworthy of respect, Who see me chained, with mien absurd Striving to croak some alien word Of some strange dialect; A captive robbed … [Read more...] about The White Cockatoo [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Crimson Parrot [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Crimson Parrot In the quiet noonday heat Creeping high aloft Nimbly, on prehensile feet, Calling very soft; Else, among the seeding grass, Feeding by a tree Where the soft cloud … [Read more...] about The Crimson Parrot [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Silver-eye [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Silver-eye Down among the strawberries, Up among the plums, Cheeping in the cherry-tree When early autumn comes, In our silver spectacles And sober olive suits. We’re very, very … [Read more...] about The Silver-eye [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The Magpie Lark [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The Magpie Lark By lagoons and reedy places, Where the little river races, By the lips of dreaming pools Where the soothing water cools Many a verdant slope and hollow, Here my blithesome … [Read more...] about The Magpie Lark [poem by C. J. Dennis]
The case of Long John Silver [story by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This story by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] The case of Long John Silver We have always made it a matter of justice that we should feed the magpies as well as the other and lowlier birds about this little clearing in the forest. We … [Read more...] about The case of Long John Silver [story by C. J. Dennis]
First Frost [poem by C. J. Dennis]
[Editor: This poem by C. J. Dennis was published in The Singing Garden (1935).] First Frost Now comes an end to quiet autumn days And to frail loveliness. In the still night Cold death has crept along the garden ways To wrap at last about each blossom bright Its … [Read more...] about First Frost [poem by C. J. Dennis]