Famous Californian Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Californian poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous californian poems. These examples illustrate what a famous californian poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...notice, you Kanuck woods—and you Lake Huron—and all that with you roll
toward
Niagara—and you Niagara also,
And you, Californian mountains—That you each and all find somebody else to be your
singer
of songs,
For I can be your singer of songs no longer—One who loves me is jealous of me, and
withdraws me from all but love,
With the rest I dispense—I sever from what I thought would suffice me, for it does
not—it is now empty and tasteless to me,
I heed knowledge, and t...Read more of this...
by
Whitman, Walt
...es," he answered,
Off his. The time was evening in the Pullman.
I see the porter's made your bed," I told him.
I met a Californian who would
Talk California—a state so blessed,
He said, in climate, none bad ever died there
A natural death, and Vigilance Committees
Had had to organize to stock the graveyards
And vindicate the state's humanity.
"Just the way Stefansson runs on," I murmured,
"About the British Arctic. That's what comes
Of being in the market with a climate."
I...Read more of this...
by
Frost, Robert
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