Famous Cleverer Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Grown-Up Talk

by Katherine Mansfield
 Half-Past-Six and I were talking
In a very grown-up way;
We had got so tired with running
That we did not want to play.

"How do babies come, I wonder,"
He said, looking at the sky,
"Does God mix the things together
An' just make it-like a pie?"

I was really not quite certain,
But it sounded very nice;
It was all that we could think of,
Besides a book...Read more of this...

The Great Franchise Demonstration

by William Topaz McGonagall
 'Twas in the year of 1884, and on Saturday the 20th of September,
Which the inhabitants of Dundee will long remember
The great Liberal Franchise Demonstration,
Which filled their minds with admiration. 

Oh! it was a most magnificent display,
To see about 20 or 30 thousand men all in grand array;
And each man with a medal on his breast;
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