Famous Chintz Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Cloud in Trousers

...eir love on a drum. 
but you can't, like me, turn inside out entirely, 
and nothing but human lips become! 

Out of chintz-covered drawing-rooms, come 
and learn- 
decorous bureaucrats of angelic leagues. 

and you whose lips are calmly thumbed, 
as a cook turns over cookery-book leaves. 

If you like- 
I'll be furiously flesh elemental, 
or - changing to tones that the sunset arouses - 
if you like- 
I'll be extraordinary gentle, 
not a man, but - a cloud in ...Read more of this...
by Mayakovsky, Vladimir


EPISTLE II: TO A LADY (Of the Characters of Women)

...r breast, 
Can mark the figures on an Indian chest; 
And when she sees her Friend in deep despair, 
Observes how much a Chintz exceeds Mohair. 
Forbid it Heav'n, a Favour or a Debt 
She e'er should cancel--but she may forget. 
Safe is your Secret still in Chloe's ear; 
But none of Chloe's shall you ever hear. 
Of all her Dears she never slander'd one, 
But cares not if a thousand are undone. 
Would Chloe know if you're alive or dead? 
She bids her Footman put it in her head. ...Read more of this...
by Pope, Alexander

from the Ansty Experience

...d the beatings - loudhailer
broken-down old-banger any ram-it-
up-your-**** and suck-my-prick to those
who want to tear chintz curtains down

and shock the cosy populace to taste
life at its rawest (most obscene)
courtesan to fashion and today's 
ploy - advertisement's gold gimmick
slave of beat and rhythm - dead but
much loved donkey in the hearts of all
who learned di-dah di-dah at school
and have been stuck in the custard since

plaything political-tool pop-
star's goo - p...Read more of this...
by Gregory, Rg

I suppose the time will come

...e Tree
And the Bee be booming.

I suppose the time will come
Hinder it a little
When the Corn in Silk will dress
And in Chintz the Apple

I believe the Day will be
When the Jay will giggle
At his new white House the Earth
That, too, halt a little --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

Peter Anderson And Co

...ils -- 
And, maybe, a drop of varnish and sienna, too, for tints, 
And a scrap or two of oilcloth, and a yard or two of chintz). 
They would pull themselves together, pay a week's rent in advance, 
But it never lasted longer than a month by any chance. 

The office was their haven, for they lived there when hard-up -- 
A `daily' for a table cloth -- a jam tin for a cup; 
And if the landlord's bailiff happened round in times like these 
And seized the office-fittings -- well, ...Read more of this...
by Lawson, Henry


The Auction Sale

...d lots of modern novels, cheap reprints,
And little dainty knick-knacks everywhere;
And silken bows and curtains of gay chintz . . .
And oh, her tiny crib, her folding chair!

Sweet woman dear, and did your heart not break,
To leave this precious home you made in vain?
Poor shabby things! so prized for old times' sake,
With all their memories of love and pain.
Alas! while shouts the raucous auctioneer,
And rat-faced dames are prying everywhere,
The echo of old joy is all I he...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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