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Famous Kelly Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Ondaatje, Michael
...Catch, my Uncle Jack said
and oh I caught this huge apple
red as Mrs Kelly's bum.
It's red as Mrs Kelly's bum, I said
and Daddy roared
and swung me on his stomach with a heave.
Then I hid the apple in my room
till it shrunk like a face
growing eyes and teeth ribs.

Then Daddy took me to the zoo
he knew the man there
they put a snake around my neck
and it crawled down the front of my dress
I felt its flicking tongu...Read more of this...



by Gluck, Louise
...for kelly

happiness is the stuff of birthdays
and the coming of sweet things
when they are not expected

happiness is when the moment
catches the sunlight and a giggle
comes out of darkness to take a look

happiness is when the body
rhymes with the heart and the whole
self flows like a mountain stream

happiness is when mischief
dances like stars in the fingers...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...Now Kelly was no fighter;
He loved his pipe and glass;
An easygoing blighter,
Who lived in Montparnasse.
But 'mid the tavern tattle
He heard some guinney say:
"When France goes forth to battle,
The Legion leads the way.

 "The scourings of creation,
 Of every sin and station,
 The men who've known damnation,
 Are picked to lead the way."

Well, Kelly...Read more of this...

by Brautigan, Richard
...y said:



 "In memory of Charley J. Langer, District

 Forest Ranger, Challis NationalForest, Pilot

 Captain Bill Kelly and Co-Pilot Arthur A. Crofts,

 of the U. S. Army killed in an Airplane Crash

 April 5, 1943, near this point while searching

 for survivors of an Army Bomber Crew."



 0 it's far away now in the mountains that a photograph

guards the memory of a man. The photograph is all alone out

there. The snow is falling eighteen year...Read more of this...

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