Famous Hunkering Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Keeping Going

by Seamus Heaney
 The piper coming from far away is you
With a whitewash brush for a sporran
Wobbling round you, a kitchen chair
Upside down on your shoulder, your right arm
Pretending to tuck the bag beneath your elbow,
Your pop-eyes and big cheeks nearly bursting
With laughter, but keeping the drone going on
Interminably, between catches of breath.

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The whitewash brush. An old blanched skirted thing
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