Famous Growing Pains Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Growing Pains poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous growing pains poems. These examples illustrate what a famous growing pains poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lowell, Amy
...Beneath this sod lie the remains
Of one who died of growing pains....Read more of this...
by
Gregory, Rg
...t 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
locked in i'd been an hour or more amiss
they thought i'd done a bunk or slipped the leash
when found i'd gone all blue like frozen fish
those scented lips discharged their angry bile
and cupid's dart fell short a scornful mile
come christmas day the christmas t...Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
...marriage that went right
The children you loved so much but knew
You wouldn’t live to see grown up, so caught
Their growing pains and joys with a painter’s eye
And lyric skill as fine as Wordsworth’s best
they drank her welcome to his heritage
of grey, grey-green, wet earth and shapes of stone.
Who weds a landscape will not die alone.
Those you castigated never forgave.
Omitted you as casually as passing an unmarked grave,
Armitage, I name you, a bl...Read more of this...
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