Famous Jr Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Part 3 of Trout Fishing in America

...t in Just Fishing,

by Ray Bergman, published in 1932. No mention of it in Matching

the Hatch by Ernest G. Schwiebert, Jr,, published in 1955. No mention

of it in The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams by H. C. Cutcliffe,

published in 1863. No mention of it in Old Flies in New Dresses by

C.E. Walker, published in 1898 No mention of it in Fisherman's

Spring, by Roderick L, Haig-Brown, published in 1951.

No mention of it in The Determined angler and the Brook Trout,

b...Read more of this...
by Brautigan, Richard


The Father Of Toads

...own son then revulsion is without any tender inhibition, 
he said. 

 Do you mean you would not like to call it George Jr.? 
she said. 

 But we've already called the other toad that, he said. 

 Well, perhaps we could call the other one George Sr., 
she said. 

 But I am George Sr., he said. 

 Well, perhaps if you hid in the attic, so that no one needed 
to call you anything, there would be no difficulty in calling 
both of them George, she said. 

 Yes, if no one talks to...Read more of this...
by Edson, Russell

The old pond

...IT!!! 

'Dere wasa dis frogg
Gone jumpa offa da logg
Now he inna bogg.'

 -- Anonymous


Translated by George M. Young, Jr.



Old pond 
leap -- splash 
a frog. 


Translated by Lucien Stryck



The old pond,
A frog jumps in:.
Plop! 


Translated by Allan Watts



The old pond, yes, and
A frog is jumping into
The water, and splash.

Translated by G.S. Fraser...Read more of this...
by Basho, Matsuo

Thomas Ross Jr

...This I saw with my own eyes:
A cliff-swallow
Made her nest in a hole of the high clay-bank
There near Miller's Ford.
But no sooner were the young hatched
Than a snake crawled up to the nest
To devour the brood.
Then the mother swallow with swift flutterings
And shrill cries
Fought at the snake,
Blinding him with the beat of her wings,
Until he, wriggling a...Read more of this...
by Masters, Edgar Lee

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