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Famous Hos Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Hall, Donald
...hers,
giggling and waving in recognition, 
and at the South Danbury 
Church, a moment before Santa 
arrives with her ho-hos
and bags of popcorn, in the half-dark 
of whole silence, God 
enters the world as a newborn again....Read more of this...



by Pound, Ezra
...of date;
Bent resolutely on wringing lilies from the acorn;
Capaneus; trout for factitious bait;

Idmen gar toi panth, hos eni troie
Caught in the unstopped ear;
Giving the rocks small lee-way
The chopped seas held him, therefore, that year.

His true Penelope was Flaubert,
He fished by obstinate isles;
Observed the elegance of Circe's hair
Rather than the mottoes on sun-dials.

Unaffected by "the march of events,"
He passed from men's memory in l'an trentuniesme
de ...Read more of this...

by Pound, Ezra
...of date;
Bent resolutely on wringing lilies from the acorn;
Capaneus; trout for factitious bait;

[idmen gar toi pant, hos eni Troiei]
Caught in the unstopped ear;
Giving the rocks small lee-way
The chopped seas held him, therefore, that year.

His true Penelope was Flaubert,
He fished by obstinate isles;
Observed the elegance of Circe's hair
Rather than the mottoes on sun-dials.

Unaffected by "the march of events,"
He passed from men's memory in l'an trentuniesme
D...Read more of this...

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