Famous General Public Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous General Public poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous general public poems. These examples illustrate what a famous general public poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lawson, Henry
...rumour --
Bad as Dan;
But we may not have the humour
Of the man;
Nor the sight -- well, deem it blindness,
As the general public do --
And the love of human kindness,
Or the GRIT to see it through!...Read more of this...
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Benet, Stephen Vincent
..."Ah, did you once see Shelley plain?" -- Browning.
"Shelley? Oh, yes, I saw him often then,"
The old man said. A dry smile creased his face
With many wrinkles. "That's a great poem, now!
That one of Browning's! Shelley? Shelley plain?
The time that I remember best is this --
A thin mire crept along the rutted ways,
And all the trees wer...Read more of this...
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Brown, Fleda
...sia will begin slowly,
in her lifetime, out of such irreconcilable urges.
The Pill will become available to the general public,
starting up a new waiting in that other depth.
The egg will have to keep believing in its timeless moment
of completion without any proof except in the longing
of its own body. Maris will break Babe Ruth's record
while Orbison will have his first major hit with
"Only the Lonely," trying his best to sound like Elvis.
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