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Famous Dion Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Tebb, Barry
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Royal Crystal Clear

It isn’t far to the wacky bazaar -

“Cadbury’s Curly Whirlies ten a pound.”





20



John Dion, I prefer

Wordsworth’s daffodils

To your’s, they are

More rare and far

Less dear.





21



There were pigeons on the roof

So still I thought they were stone

Grey and brown and slate-blue

Beeston’s gargoyles

Made me think of you.





22



So far away I thought of you

On a morning like this forty

Years ago I was waiting at the

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by Basho, Matsuo
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Translated by John Bryan



The silent old pond
a mirror of ancient calm,
a frog-leaps-in splash.


Translated by Dion O'Donnol



old pond
frog leaping
splash


Translated by Cid Corman



Antic pond--
frantic frog jumps in--
gigantic sound.


Translated by Bernard Lionel Einbond 



MAFIA HIT MAN POET: NOTE FOUND PINNED TO LAPEL 
OF DROWNED VICTIM'S DOUBLE-BREASTED SUIT!!! 

'Dere wasa dis frogg
Gone jumpa offa da logg
Now he inna bogg.'

 -- Anonymous


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