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Famous Hummock Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...Soul to haunt their banks again; 
Again in Florida I float on transparent lakes—I float on the Okeechobee—I cross
 the
 hummock land, or through pleasant openings, or dense forests; 
I see the parrots in the woods—I see the papaw tree and the blossoming titi; 
Again, sailing in my coaster, on deck, I coast off Georgia—I coast up the Carolinas, 
I see where the live-oak is growing—I see where the yellow-pine, the scented
 bay-tree, the
 lemon and orange, the cypress, the grace...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt



...ps it is the result of disturbances abdominable.
The pilgrims settled Massachusetts in 1620 when they landed on a stone
hummock.
Maybe if they were here now they would settle my stomach.
Oh, if I only had the wings of a bird
Instead of being confined on Madison Avenue I could soar in a jiffy to
Second or Third....Read more of this...
by Nash, Ogden
...ront" has got a back. 
And French was just the man to turn it. 
A wounded soldier on the ground 
Was lying hid behind a hummock; 
He proved the good old proverb sound -- 
An army travels on its stomach. 

He lay as flat as any fish; 
His nose had worn a little furrow; 
He only had one frantic wish, 
That like an ant-bear he could burrow. 

The bullets whistled into space, 
The pom-pom gun kept up its braying, 
The fout-point-seven supplied the bass -- 
You'd think the devil's...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry