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Famous Cantilever Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Bridge Over The Aire Book 5

...as made of Hunslet iron and brought

On drays two hundred yards from the foundry where

They forged it and it was laid, cantilever by cantilever

By local men hammering home the bolts

From the Hunslet Nail Works.

They fashioned a toll-gate and a keeper came

And sat in a booth with his pipe and a ledger

To take down comings and goings in the curious

Copper-plate of the Hunslet Board School and

Beneath the bridge sailed dhows and catamarans

And coal barges with captains ...Read more of this...

by Tebb, Barry

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