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Famous Get Going Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Hughes, Ted
...with an awful gash and a fearful cry. 

When he stopped she closed on him like a book 
On a bookmark, he had to get going. 

He jumped into the car the towrope 
Was around her neck he jumped out. 

He jumped into the plane but her body was jammed in the jet - 
There was a great row, the flight was cancelled. 

He jumped into the rocket and its trajectory 
Drilled clean through her heart he kept on 

And it was cosy in the rocket, he could not se...Read more of this...



by Berryman, John
...ole implausible necessary thing.
He dropped his voice & sybilled of
the death of the death of love.
I óught to get going....Read more of this...

by Bishop, Elizabeth
...we owing?
Something I can't comprehend,
the more we got the more we spend...."
He only answers, "Let's get going."
Le Roy, you're earning too much money now.

I sit and look at our backyard
 and find it very hard.
What have we got for all his dollars and cents?
 --A pile of bottles by the fence.
He's faithful and he's kind
 but he sure has an inquiring mind.
He's seen a lot; he's bound to see the rest,
 and if I protest

Le Roy answers wit...Read more of this...

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