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Famous Irritate Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Harcombe, Dale
...
 as they pound the sand.
 From this wooden deck 
 far above the beach, the sand 
 has lost its power to cling and
 irritate like problems unresolved.


 Other times the waves rise and crest, 
 only to evaporate, 
 the way dreams do upon waking.
 But I know, when I go home,
 the sequin of sea spray will linger 
 on my eyelids, sleek 
 and beguiling as a promise.



© November 2002 Dale Harcombe 
First published in ‘My cat cannot have friends in Australia,’ the...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...s just a little bit behind 
The latest villainy, the last device, 

Born of some smoothfaced urchin's fertile brain 
To irritate the hapless pedagogue, 
And first involve him in a mental fog 
Then "have" him with the same old tale again. 

The "bogus" fight that brought the sergeant down 
To that dark corner by the old brick wall, 
Where mimic combat and theatric brawl 
Made noise enough to terrify the town. 

But on wet days the fray was genuine, 
When small boys pus...Read more of this...

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