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Famous Dependable Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Corso, Gregory
...s of lightning

unhindered between the tribunals

of Space & Time


The Messenger-Spirit

in human flesh

is assigned a dependable,

self-reliant, versatile,

thoroughly poet existence

upon its sojourn in life


It does not knock

or ring the bell

or telephone

When the Messenger-Spirit

comes to your door

though locked

It'll enter like an electric midwife

and deliver the message


There is no tell

throughout the ages

that a Messenger-Spirit

ever stumbled into darknes...Read more of this...



by Hecht, Anthony
...drink
And I give her a good time, and perhaps it's a year
Before I see her again, but there she is,
Running to fat, but dependable as they come,
And sometimes I bring her a bottle of Nuit d'Amour. 



[Ed. note: See Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach"]...Read more of this...

by Butler, Ellis Parker
...ut
Before the century rolled about.

Well, this big touring car, I say,
Was built just like the one-hoss shay—
Some dependable, logical way—
Flipflaps, dujabs, wheels and things,
Levers, thing-gum-bobs and springs,
Hub, and felloe, and hoss-power chest—
One part just as strong as the rest;
So “logic is logic,” as Holmes would say,
And no one part could first give way.

Wonderful vehicle, you’ll admit,
With not one flaw in the whole of it;
As long as I had it, I declar...Read more of this...

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