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Famous Derelicts Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
..., 
Knowing what we know? 
Jeremiah, long ago, 
Said as much as you have told us.

"As we are, then, you behold us: 
Derelicts of all conditions, 
Poets, rogues, and sick physicians, 
Plodding forward from afar; 
Forward now into the darkness 
Where the men before us are; 
Forward, onward, out of grayness, 
To the light that shone so far."

IV

Said the Watcher by the Way 
To some aged ones who lingered, 
To the shrunken, the claw-fingered, 
"So you come for me to-day....Read more of this...



by Bukowski, Charles
...that
and add to it 
if possible.
this is the way a dictatorship
works too
only they either enslave or
destroy their
derelicts.
we just forgot ours.
in either case 
it's a hard 
cold
wind....Read more of this...

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