Famous Countering Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Countering poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous countering poems. These examples illustrate what a famous countering poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...er aspirates take their ease,
She ever makes a point, in washing glass,
Handling the engine, turning taps for tots,
And countering change, and scorning what men say,
Of posing as a dove among the pots,
Nor often gives her dignity away.
Her head's a work of art, and, if her eyes
Be tired and ignorant, she has a waist;
Cheaply the Mode she shadows; and she tries
From penny novels to amend her taste;
And, having mopped the zinc for certain years,
And faced the gas, she fades and...Read more of this...
by
Henley, William Ernest
...ant train,
forces what has been pushed back
to break through.
My father needs O 2
all the time now.
His innocence
in countering the surgeons’ truth
with his wishes and beliefs
stabs me in the heart
with love
while his every movement
is pain.
He says he is ready
but I feel his fear.
The hum of the universe
is machine noise,
a motor with it’s timing off.
I meditate on this:
silence is a whistle,
a din in the wind,
in the dark....Read more of this...
by
Subraman, Belinda
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