Famous Indicative Poems by Famous Poets

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

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How We Heard the Name

by Alan Dugan
 The river brought down
dead horses, dead men
and military debris,
indicative of war
or official acts upstream,
but it went by, it all
goes by, that is the thing
about the river. Then
a soldier on a log
went by. He seemed drunk
and we asked him Why
had he and this junk
come down to us so
from the past upstream.
''Friends,'' he said, ''the great
Battle of Granicus
has just been won
by...Read more of this...

Poets to Come

by Walt Whitman
 POETS to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! 
Not to-day is to justify me, and answer what I am for; 
But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known, 
Arouse! Arouse—for you must justify me—you must answer. 

I myself but write one or two indicative words for the future,
I but advance a moment, only to wheel...Read more of this...

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