Famous Calhoun Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Calhoun poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous calhoun poems. These examples illustrate what a famous calhoun poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
See also:
...I wanted to be County Judge
One more term, so as to round out a service
Of thirty years.
But my friends left me and joined my enemies,
And they elected a new man.
Then a spirit of revenge seized me,
And I infected my four sons with it,
And I brooded upon retaliation,
Until the great physician, Nature,
Smote me through with paralysis
To give my soul and bod...Read more of this...
by
Masters, Edgar Lee
...I reached the highest place in Spoon River,
But through what bitterness of spirit!
The face of my father, sitting speechless,
Child-like, watching his canaries,
And looking at the court-house window
Of the county judge's room,
And his admonitions to me to seek
My own in life, and punish Spoon River
To avenge the wrong the people did him,
Filled me with fur...Read more of this...
by
Masters, Edgar Lee
Dont forget to view our wonderful member Calhoun poems.