Famous 1999 Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous 1999 poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous 1999 poems. These examples illustrate what a famous 1999 poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Beowulf (Modern English)

...he famous son of Halfdane,
after he knew of the intentions of my heart,
betaught me to a seat with his own sons. (ll. 1999-2013)

“The troop celebrated—never have I seen
under heaven’s vaulting greater mead-joys
of hall-sitters. Sometimes the noted queen,
the peace-pledge between peoples,
went throughout the entire hall, bolstering
the young retainers. Often she gave out writhed rings
to the men, before she went back to her seat.
Sometimes the daughter of Hrothgar ...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,


October 16

...arles
on the radio and chemistry biology
geometry locker-room cruelty and daily masturbation
what a relief to return to 1999
in time for Benitez to strike out
the Braves' last batter...Read more of this...
by Lehman, David

The Women Who Loved Elvis All Their Lives

...ecord 
while Orbison will have his first major hit with 
"Only the Lonely," trying his best to sound like Elvis.

© 1999, Fleda Brown
(first published in The Iowa Review, 29 [1999])
...Read more of this...
by Brown, Fleda

Ugly Couple

...whatever you like, but to me
they will always be called “Mom and Dad.”

 --Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © Kenn Nesbitt 1999. All Rights Reserved....Read more of this...
by Nesbitt, Kenn

Writing To Onegin

...Her letter was a gate to the inferno.
........
(This poem appeared in Pushkin: An Anthology, ed. E. Feinstein, Carcanet 1999)...Read more of this...
by Padel, Ruth


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