Author: Stevie Smith

I do not ask for mercy for understanding for peace And in these heavy days I do not ask for […]

Mother, among the dustbins and the manure I feel the measure of my humanity, an allure As of the presence […]

The shadow was so black, I thought it was a cat, But once in to it I knew it No […]

Drugs made Pauline vague. She sat one day at the breakfast table Fingering in a baffled way The fronds of […]

Walking swiftly with a dreadful duchess, He smiled too briefly, his face was pale as sand, He jumped into a […]

Deeply morbid deeply morbid was the girl who typed the letters Always out of office hours running with her social […]

My life is vile I hate it so I’ll wait awhile And then I’ll go. Why wait at all? Hope […]

Tenuous and Precarious Were my guardians, Precarious and Tenuous, Two Romans. My father was Hazardous, Hazardous Dear old man, Three […]

Edmonton, thy cemetery In which I love to tread Has roused in me a dreary thought For all the countless […]

I longed for companionship rather, But my companions I always wished farther. And now in the desolate night I think […]

Nobody knows what I feel about Freddy I cannot make anyone understand I love him sub specie aet ernitaties I […]

The lions who ate the Christians on the sands of the arena By indulging native appetites played was now been […]

Christ died for God and me Upon the crucifixion tree For God a spoken Word For me a Sword For […]

Our Bog is dood, our Bog is dood, They lisped in accents mild, But when I asked them to explain […]

Sisely Walked so nicely With footsteps so discreet To see her pass You’d never guess She walked upon the street. […]