James Martin Devaney Stand Poems

  • 1.
    Leaning against the wind across the paddock ways
    comes Dan home with forward stoop like a man bent and old,
    clashes the door in haste as one pursued: 'By Christ, it's cold!'
    and crooks his fingers to the blaze.
    ...
  • 2.
    The tufted gums along the rise
    Stand black against the evening skies.
    And in the red west sombreing
    As daylight dies,
    ...
Total 2 Stand Poems by James Martin Devaney

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The Song Of The Mouth-Organ
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(With apologies to the singer of the “Song of the Banjo”.)

I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone;
I'm beloved by the Legion of the Lost;
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And a dime or two will satisfy my cost.
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