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Famous Buster Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ll not stay, 
Clap the skull on top of the ribs, and clap a crown on top of the skull. 

You have got your revenge, old buster! The crown is come to its own, and more than its
 own.

Stick your hands in your pockets, Jonathan—you are a made man from this day; 
You are mighty cute—and here is one of your bargains....Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt



...you choose 
Is good enough for me" -- which settled Ike. 
For he was shaky since he near got killed 
From being sent a buster on the rail, 
When some chap bumped his horse and fetched him down 
At Stony Bridge; so Ikey thought it best 
To leave this bloke alone, and I agreed. 

So all the books was layin' six to four 
Against the favourite, and the amateur 
Was walking this Enchantress up and down, 
And me and Smithy backed him; for we thought 
We might as well get something...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...turies of night
 Despairing humankind.
So let's be glad for gun and blade,
 To fight with honest stuff:
Are tank, block-buster, hand-grenade
 And napalm not enough?

Oh to go back a thousand years
 When arrows winged their way,
When foemen fell upon the spears
 And swords were swung to slay!
Behold! Belching in Heaven black
 Mushrooms obscene!
Dear God, the brave days give us back,
 When wars were clean!...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William
...just closed the door
in a motel, our two girls slip in
between us and we're all saying
each other's names and the dogs
Buster and Sundown are on their hind legs,
people-style, seeking more love.
I've come home wanting to touch
everyone, everything; usually I turn
the key and they're all lost
in food or homework, even the dogs
are preoccupied with themselves,
I desire only to ease
back in, the mail, a drink,
but tonight the body-hungers have sent out
their long-range signals
...Read more of this...
by Dunn, Stephen
...d, 
And told him he reckoned their value 
Were fourpence, per race 'orse, per pound. 

Now the Sarg. had a filly called Buster 
As he hadn't said nothing about, 
But when Sam turned his nose up at t'others 
He thought as he'd best trot her out. 

Sam were struck with her youthful appearance,
Though there wasn't much light in the place,
For her teeth were all pearly and even 
And there wasn't a line on her face.

The Sergeant asked Sam twenty guineas, 
But Sam, who were up to ...Read more of this...
by Edgar, Marriott



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