Famous Barden Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Barden poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous barden poems. These examples illustrate what a famous barden poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...e been for Margaret,
O for Margaret.
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Margaret hung
And hovered
Like a bird
In endless sky
Over Embsay or
Barden Fell.
She has not moved
In forty years
Her stillness
The fragile beauty
Of her face
Her smile
Is with me
Still, my first
Poem and I am
Writing it
Forty years on,
It cannot end
And has hardly
Begun.
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Margaret’s voice
Pure and clear
“I am here,
I am waiting”
Murillo painted
The steps down
To the Aire, her
Ragged dress, m...Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
...Stand.
They'll say "He had the race in hand, and lost it in the straight."
They'll know how Godby came too soon, and Barden came too late
They'll say Chevalley lost his nerve, and Regan lost his head;
They'll tell how one was "livened up" and something else was "dead" --
In fact, the race was never run on sea, or sky, or land,
But what you'd get it better done by riders in the Stand.
The rule holds good in everything in life's uncertain fight;
You'll find the winne...Read more of this...
by
Paterson, Andrew Barton
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