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Famous Fussing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Justice, Donald
...e, in fact, has been delayed,
Kept too long by his steward, perhaps, discussing
Some business concerning the estate, or fussing
Over the details of his impeccable toilet
With a manservant whose opinion is that any alteration at all would spoil it.
However fast he should come hurrying now
Over this vast greensward, mopping his brow
Clear of the sweat of the fine Renaissance morning, it would be too late:
The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait,
A reveng...Read more of this...



by Gregory, Rg
...)
i sailed from bed to have a pee (or worse)
and got locked in - and drew that nurse's curse

not only hers but all the fussing staff's
for daring such a voyage in my state
whose heart just then was not a bag of laughs
did i not understand the fist of fate
that waited naughty boys who could not wait
thunderous gods glared through the quaking panes
a corporate wrath set back my growing pains

forget the scented lips the creeping bliss
of such a nurse's presence on my flesh
loc...Read more of this...

by Brecht, Bertolt
...he walls, their ruin certain,
the Trojans fidgeted with bits of wood
in the three-ply doors, itsy-bitsy
pieces of wood, fussing with them.
And began to get their nerve back and feel hopeful....Read more of this...

by Bishop, Elizabeth
...has come to call a halt.

Go drink your wine and go get tight.
 Let the piccolo play.
 I'm sick of all your fussing anyway.
 Now I'm pursuing my own way.
I'm leaving on the bus tonight.
 Far down the highway wet and black
 I'll ride and ride and not come back.
 I'm going to go and take the bus
 and find someone monogamous.

The time has come to call a halt.
I've borrowed fifteen dollars fare
and it will take me anywhere.
For this occasi...Read more of this...

by Edson, Russell
...
 Of course, said someone else back to someone.
 Then what's all the fuss? said someone to someone else.
 Who's fussing? I'm just saying that if he doesn't get off the 
wall of that building the police will have to shoot him off.
 Oh that, of course, there's nothing so engaging as a dead 
fly.
 I love dead flies, the way they remind me of individuals 
who have met their fate . . ....Read more of this...



by Graham, Jorie
...e
zero of
the bright mock-stairwaying-up of the posthumous leaves -- the heart,
formulating its alleyways of discovery,
fussing about the integrity of the whole,
the heart trying to make time and place seem small,
sliding its slim tears into the deep wallet of each new event
on the list
then checking it off -- oh the satisfaction -- each check a small kiss,
an echo of the previous one, off off it goes the dry high-ceilinged
obligation,
checked-off by the fingertips, by the sm...Read more of this...

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