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Famous Hoi Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...re put away.
'Alt, an' 'and 'er out -- a woman's gone and fainted!
 Cheer! Get on -- Gawd 'elp the married men to-day!

Hoi! Come up, you 'ungry beggars, to yer sorrow.
 ('Ear them say they want their tea, an' want it quick!)
You won't have no mind for slingers, not to-morrow --
 No; you'll put the 'tween-decks stove out, bein' sick!

'Alt! The married kit 'as all to go before us!
 'Course it's blocked the bloomin' gangway up again!
Cheer, O cheer the 'Orse Guards watchin' te...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard



...n the coast wind drive
In the spit of a driven spray,
On the boom of foam and rollers,
The cry of midnight to morning:
 Hoi-a-loa.
 Hoi-a-loa.
 Hoi-a-loa.

Who has loved the night more than I have?
Who has loved the fog moon night last night more than I have?

Out of the sea that song
 —can I ever forget it?
Out of the sea those plungers
 —can I remember anything else?
Out of the midnight morning cry: Hoi-a-loa:
 —how can I hunt any other songs now?...Read more of this...
by Sandburg, Carl

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