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Famous Hind Leg Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...the half-cooked ham, 
The rich ragout and the charming cham., 
I've got to mix my liquor; 
Give me a gander's gaunt hind leg, 
Hard and tough as a wooden peg, 
And I'll keep it down with a hard-boiled egg, 
'Twill make me dream the quicker. 

Now that I'm full of fearful feed, 
Oh, but I'll dream of a winner indeed 
In my restless, troubled slumber; 
While the night-mares race through my heated brain 
And their devil-riders spur amain, 
The trip for the Cup will rewar...Read more of this...



by Sandburg, Carl
...his neck,
 A lie in his mouth.
And this liar is an old one; we know him many years.
 He is straight as a dog’s hind leg.
 He is straight as a corkscrew.
He is white as a black cat’s foot at midnight.

The tongue of a man is tied on this,
On the liar who lies to nations,
The liar who lies to the people.
The tongue of a man is tied on this
And ends: To hell with ’em all.
 To hell with ’em all.

It’s a song hard as a riveter’s hammer,
 Hard as th...Read more of this...

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