Famous Crueler Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Fair Weather

by Dorothy Parker
 This level reach of blue is not my sea;
Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,
Whose quiet ripples meet obediently
A marked and measured line, one after one.
This is no sea of mine. that humbly laves
Untroubled sands, spread glittering and warm.
I have a need of wilder, crueler waves;
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

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