Poetic Openings : Robert William Service to Robert William Service

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Bohemian Dreams : First Line : Because my overcoat’s in pawn,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Booby-trap : First Line : I’m crawlin’ out in the mangolds to bury wot’s left o’ Joe—
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Boola-boola Maid : First Line : In the wilds of Madagascar, Dwelt a Boola-boola maid;
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Bread-knife Ballad : First Line : A little child was sitting Up on her mother’s knee
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Bulls : First Line : Six bulls I saw as black as jet,

Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Buyers : First Line : Father drank himself to death,—
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Call : First Line : (France, August first, 1914)
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Call Of The Wild : First Line : Have you gazed on naked grandeur where there’s nothing else to gaze on,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Cat With Wings : First Line : You never saw a cat with wings,
Poet : Robert William Service : Poem : The Centenarian : First Line : Great Grandfather was ninety-nine