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Poems by Vernon Scannell

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Wife Killer

... And asked what he wanted to eat, But said nothing about the murder--- ...

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Tightrope Walker

... now tonight It flogs our credence as high and white ...

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Killing Flies

... And stalked my quick tormentors round ...

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The Telephone Number

... Nor throaty message creamed with sensual greed- ...

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Epithets of War—I: August 1914

... And far from the beach, inland, lace curtains stirred, ...

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My Three Hoboes

...                               I always pay ...

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The Old Books

... You should have seen them, my day book, and sales ledger: ...

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An Old Lament Renewed

... Of my friend, Gordon Rennie, whose courage would toughen ...

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My Pen Has Ink Enough

... These blurred attempts when Shakespeare, Donne and Blake ...

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The Great War

... I find The war that was called Great invades the mind: ...

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Formal Problem

... The essence of these greens, the grass, the trees, ...