Famous Good Book Poems by Famous Poets

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

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An Evening Of Poetry

by Barry Tebb
 Arriving for a reading an hour too early:

Ruefully, the general manager stopped putting out the chairs.

“You don’t get any help these days. I have

To sort out everything from furniture to faxes.

Why not wander round the park? There are ducks

And benches where you can sit and watch.”



I realized it was going to be a hungry evening

With not even a packet...Read more of this...

An Evangelists Wife

by Edwin Arlington Robinson
 “Why am I not myself these many days,
You ask? And have you nothing more to ask? 
I do you wrong? I do not hear your praise 
To God for giving you me to share your task? 

“Jealous—of Her? Because her cheeks are pink,
And she has eyes? No, not if she had seven. 
If you should only steal an hour...Read more of this...

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