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 Homely Man
Looks as though a cyclone hit him—Can't buy clothes that seem to fit him;An' his cheeks are rough like leather,Made for standin' any weather.Outwards..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Brethren
The world is needing you and me,In places where we ought to be;Somewhere today it's needing youTo stand for what you know is true.And needing me..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Need
We were sittin' there,and smokin' of our pipes, discussin' thingsLike taxes, votes for wimmin,an' the totterin' thrones of kings,When he ups an'..
© Edgar Albert Guest
He Who Serves
He has not served who gathers gold,Nor has he served, whose life is toldIn selfish battles he has won,Or deeds of skill that he has done;But he has..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Wrist Watch Man
He is marching dusty highways and he's riding bitter trails,His eyes are clear and shining and his muscles hard as nails.He is wearing Yankee khaki..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Girl He Left Behind
The Girl He Left BehindWe used to think her frivolous—you know howparents are,A little quick to see the faults and petty flawsthat marThe girl their..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Drafted
The biggest moment in our lives was that when first he cried,From that day unto this, for him, we've struggled side by side.We can recount his daily..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Easy Service
When an empty sleeve or a sightless eyeOr a legless form I see,I breathe my thanks to my God on HighFor His watchful care o'er me.And I say to..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Temple - What Makes It Of Worth
You may delve down to rock for your foundation piers,You may go with your steel to the skyYou may purchase the best of the thought of the years,And..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Complacent Slacker
When he was just a lad in school,He used to sit around and foolAnd watch the clock and say:'I can't see that I'll ever needThis stuff the teacher..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Ideals
Better than land or gold or tradeAre a high ideal and a purpose true;Better than all of the wealth we've madeIs the work for others that now we..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Christmas Greeting
Here's to you, little mother,With your boy so far away;May the joy of service smotherAll your grief this Christmas day;May the magic of his..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Alarm
Get off your downy cots of ease,There's work that must be done.Great danger's riding on the seas.The storm is coming on.Don't think that it will..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Story-Time
'TELL us a story,' comes the cryFrom little lips when nights are cold,And in the grate the flames leap high.'Tell us a tale of pirates bold,Or..
© Edgar Albert Guest
His Room
His room is as it used to beBefore he went away,The walls still keep the pennants heBrought home but yesterday.The picture of his baseball teamStill..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Waiter At The Camp
The officers' friend is the waiter at camp.In the night air 'twas cold and was bitterly damp,And they asked me to dine, which I readily did,For at..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Move We Adjourn
When I'm weary of argument wordyAnd tired of continuous debate,When the speaker like some hurdy gurdy,Which carries on early and late,Keeps up a..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Unsettled Scores
The men are talking peace at 'ome, but 'ere we're talking fight,There's many a little debt we've got to square;A sniper sent a bullet through my..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Envy
It's a bigger thing you're doing than the most of us have done;We have lived the days of pleasure; now the gray days have begun,And upon your manly..
© Edgar Albert Guest
A Patriot
It's funny when a feller wants to do his little bit,And wants to wear a uniform and lug a soldier's kit,And ain't afraid of submarines nor mines that..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Lamb Skin
It is not ornamental, the cost is not great,There are other things far more useful, yet truly I state,Though of all my possesions, there's none can..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Soldierly
The glory of a soldier—and a soldier's not a saint—Is the way he does his duty without grumbling or complaint;His work's not always pleasant, but he..
© Edgar Albert Guest
The Proof Of Worth
The Proof Of WorthThough victory's proof of the skill you possess,Defeat is the proof of your grit;A weakling can smile in his days of success,But at..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Follow A Famous Father
I follow a famous father,His honor is mine to wear;He gave me a name that was free from shame,A name he was proud to bear.He lived in the morning..
© Edgar Albert Guest
Taking His Place
He's doing double duty now;Time's silver gleams upon his brow,And there are lines upon his faceWhich only passing years can trace.And yet he's turned..
© Edgar Albert Guest