Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Library : First Line : Like prim Professor of a College
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Madonna : First Line : I haled me a woman from the street,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Masterpiece : First Line : It’s slim and trim and bound in blue;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Masters : First Line : Of Poetry I’ve been accused,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Mate : First Line : I’ve been sittin’ starin’, starin’ at ‘is muddy pair of boots,

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Neighbors : First Line : To rest my fagged brain now and then,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Picture : First Line : I made a picture; all my heart
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Piney Wood : First Line : I have a tiny piney wood;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Prisoner : First Line : We was in a crump-’ole, ‘im and me;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : My Rival : First Line : If she met him or he met her,