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Famous Gunned Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Gregory, Rg
...maltzing

the patch we're stuck in's our best endeavour
(lacquered in the way our talents choose)
in a phoney war we're gunned to being clever
its medals leave an unrelenting bruise
every win predicts elsewhere we'll lose
wisdom roots deep - needs not to see beyond
seven lacqueur ducks on a silver pond...Read more of this...



by Masefield, John
...eshed and slammed 
And yelled aloud that they were damned. 
I clodded squire's glass with turves 
Because he spring-gunned his preserves. 
Through parson's glass my nozzle swishes 
Because he stood for loaves and fishes, 
but parson's glass I spared a tittle. 
He give me a orange once when little, 
And he who gives a child a treat 
Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, 
And he who gives a child a home 
Build palaces in Kingdom come 
and she who gives a baby bir...Read more of this...

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