Famous Contenders Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Contenders poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous contenders poems. These examples illustrate what a famous contenders poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...e, and watching and wondering at it.
Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and
contenders;
I have no mockings or arguments—I witness and wait.
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I believe in you, my Soul—the other I am must not abase itself to you;
And you must not be abased to the other.
Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat;
Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the
best;
Only the lull I like, the...Read more of this...
by
Whitman, Walt
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