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Famous Decanter Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Whitman, Walt
...e America for, is contained in men and women like you. 

The veneer and glue-pot, the confectioner’s ornaments, the decanter and glasses, the
 shears and
 flat-iron, 
The awl and knee-strap, the pint measure and quart measure, the counter and stool, the
 writing-pen
 of quill or metal—the making of all sorts of edged tools,
The brewery, brewing, the malt, the vats, every thing that is done by brewers, also by
 wine-makers,
 also vinegar-makers, 
Leather-dressing, coach-ma...Read more of this...



by Gregory, Rg
...e blood to saunter)
the bricks of buildings glow with centuries of nous
as though the wisest grape best pours from this decanter
both tempered peace and passion welter in its throes
and fountain sprays refract what such life knows

so with the man – whose innerness the world at large
shuts out or rushes past (its own deep rifts demanding)
but to himself (in that dark realm where he’s in charge)
with all his senses geared to sapience longstanding
there’s not a day goes by with...Read more of this...

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