Famous Global Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Where Giant Mushrooms Grow!

by John Matthew
 In Nevada there is a field where giant mushrooms grow
One mile high and two miles wide, they say on the show
That’s where they test how to vaporize people and flesh
By splitting and fusing atoms and start the world afresh.

A new era, a new definition, with the nuclear shield
Dawned with huge mushrooms grown on Nevada fields
Can erase whole cities, no...Read more of this...

Six Feet Of Sod

by Robert William Service
 This is the end of all my ways,
 My wanderings on earth,
My gloomy and my golden days,
 My madness and my mirth.
I've bought ten thousand blades of grass
 To bed me down below,
And here I wait the days to pass
 Until I go.

Until I bid good bye to friend,
 To feast and fast goodbye,
And in a stint of soil...Read more of this...

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