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Famous Extemporaneous Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...SEARCHING auld wives’ barrels,
 Ochon the day!
That clarty barm should stain my laurels:
 But—what’ll ye say?
These movin’ things ca’d wives an’ weans,
Wad move the very hearts o’ stanes!...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...are Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta

I am the thaumaturgic chain
You hold the opera glass and cards

You become extemporaneous song
I am your tutor

You are my invisible seed
I am Timour the Tartar

You are my curious trick
I your enchanted caddy

I am your confounding doll
You my confounded dummy....Read more of this...
by Pinter, Harold
...d upon the eye --
Whose tillage is the passing Crumb --
Those Cattle are the Fly --
Of Barns for Winter -- blameless --
Extemporaneous stalls
They found to our objection --
On eligible walls --
Reserving the presumption
To suddenly descend
And gallop on the Furniture --
Or odiouser offend --
Of their peculiar calling
Unqualified to judge
To Nature we remand them
To justify or scourge --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

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