Index to the Parrot Poems

The following is a list of the poems by date of publication (all in 1903), with a link to the annotated text of each poem. Those poems marked “Not in McIlvaine” were probably not written by Wodehouse (see also the footnote below).

We are once more indebted to the late Terry Mordue for his monumental effort in annotating the entire sequence of poems. This was a massive task, spanning many months, and we are proud and honoured to present the annotated version here. For an even more fully annotated set of these poems with some historical overview about the political context, see Terry’s Parrot main page, and for Terry’s take on all things Wodehouse, please visit his website, now hosted by Madame Eulalie since Terry’s passing.

 

01  September 30, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

02  October 1, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

03  October 2, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

04  October 3, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

05  October 5, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

06  October 6, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

07  October 7, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

08  October 8, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

09  October 9, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

10  October 10, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

11  October 12, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

12  October 13, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

13  October 14, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

14  October 15, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

15  October 16, 1903   

16  October 17, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

17  October 19, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

18  October 20, 1903   

19  October 21, 1903  See footnote  

20  October 22, 1903   

21  October 23, 1903   

22  October 24, 1903   

23  October 26, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

24  October 27, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

25  October 28, 1903   

26  October 29, 1903   

27  October 30, 1903   

28  October 31, 1903   

29  November 2, 1903   

30  November 3, 1903   

31  November 4, 1903   

32  November 5, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

33  November 6, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

34  November 7, 1903   

35  November 9, 1903   

36  November 10, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

37  November 11, 1903   

38  November 12, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

39  November 13, 1903   

40  November 19, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

41  November 26, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

42  November 27, 1903   

43  December 2, 1903   

44  December 5, 1903  See footnote  

45  December 8, 1903   

46  December 14, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

47  December 16, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

48  December 21, 1903  Not in McIlvaine

 

Note: During the period 1900–1908, Wodehouse kept a notebook, “Money Received for Literary Work”. On the strength of entries in this (which she refers to as the “PGW Account Book”), McIlvaine (P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist) attributes 21 poems to Wodehouse. However, two of these poems—those of 21 October and 5 December—are not in fact listed in the notebook and cannot with confidence be attributed to Wodehouse.