Famous Disliked Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Disliked poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous disliked poems. These examples illustrate what a famous disliked poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...now in my chair again,
“Although I may not be here to be happy,
If you are careless, I may have to laugh.
I have disliked a few men in my life,
But never to the scope of wishing them
To this particular pedestrian hell
Of your affection. I should not like that.
Forgive me, for this time it was your fault.”
He drummed with all his fingers on his chair,
And, after a made smile of acquiescence,
Took up again the theme of his aversion,
Which now had flown...Read more of this...
by
Gilbert, Jack
...When the King of Siam disliked a courtier,
he gave him a beautiful white elephant.
The miracle beast deserved such ritual
that to care for him properly meant ruin.
Yet to care for him improperly was worse.
It appears the gift could not be refused....Read more of this...
by
Smart, Christopher
...ward the Psalmist in the Lord Jesus.
Let Appleby, house of Appleby rejoice with Laburnum a shrub whose blossom is disliked by bees.
Let Waite, house of Waite rejoice with the Shittah-Tree -- blessed be the name of the Lord Jesus for the musicians and dancers this holiday-time.
Let Stedman, house of Stedman rejoice with Jacobasa St James's Wort. God be merciful to the house of Stuart.
Let Poet, house of Poet rejoice with Hedrychum a kind of ointment...Read more of this...
by
Taylor, Jane
...
He'd tie a string across the street,
Just to entangle people's feet,
And make them tumble down:
Indeed, he was disliked so much,
That no good boy would play with such
A nuisance to the town.
At last the neighbours, in despair,
This mischief would no longer bear:
And so to end the tale,
This lad, to cure him of his ways,
Was sent to spend some dismal days
Within the county jail....Read more of this...
by
St Vincent Millay, Edna
...I cannot but remember
When the year grows old—
October—November—
How she disliked the cold!
She used to watch the swallows
Go down across the sky,
And turn from the window
With a little sharp sigh.
And often when the brown leaves
Were brittle on the ground,
And the wind in the chimney
Made a melancholy sound,
She had a look about her
That I wish I could forget—
The look of a scared thing
Sitting in a net!
Oh, beauti...Read more of this...
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