Famous Ifs Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Ifs poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous ifs poems. These examples illustrate what a famous ifs poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Mueller, Lisel
...quare hats
and hatless Jehovah's Witnesses
agree it is almost over,
alive with our lively children
who--but for endless ifs--
might have missed out on being alive
together with marvels and follies
and longings and lies and wishes
and error and humor and mercy
and journeys and voices and faces
and colors and summers and mornings
and knowledge and tears and chance....Read more of this...
by
Goose, Mother
...horses, beggars would ride.If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side. And if "ifs" and "ands" Were pots and pans,There'd be no work for tinkers!...Read more of this...
by
Emanuel, James A
...-gin sky
laced with double moons.
Second-chance rhythms,
don't-give-up riffs: jazz gets HIGH
off can'ts, buts, and ifs....Read more of this...
by
Sandburg, Carl
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The lawyers know
a dead man’s thoughts too well.
In the heels of the higgling lawyers, Bob,
Too many slippery ifs and buts and howevers,
Too much hereinbefore provided whereas,
Too many doors to go in and out of.
When the lawyers are through
What is there left, Bob?
Can a mouse nibble at it
And find enough to fasten a tooth in?
Why is there always a secret singing
When a lawyer cashes in?
Why does a hearse horse snicker
Hauling a lawyer away?
The work of a bri...Read more of this...
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