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Famous Kips Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...ain't in it with the vintage of Assam:
 God bless the man that first invented Tea!

I think them lazy lumps o' gods wot kips on asphodel
 Swigs nectar that's a flavour of Oolong;
I only wish them sons o' guns a-grillin' down in 'ell
 Could 'ave their daily ration of Suchong.
Hurrah! I'm off to battle, which is 'ell and 'eaven too;
 And if I don't give some poor bloke a sexton's job to do,
To-night, by Fritz's campfire, won't I 'ave a gorgeous brew
 (For fightin' mustn't inter...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William



...his we both agree,
 If them as made it 'ad to fight, there wouldn't be no war.
If them as lies in feather beds while we kips in the mud;
 If them as makes their fortoons while we fights for 'em like 'ell;
If them as slings their pot of ink just 'ad to sling their blood:
 By Crust! I'm thinkin' there 'ud be another tale to tell.

Shiverin' up to the sandbags,
 With a hicicle 'stead of a spine,
Don't it seem funny the things you think
 'Ere in the firin' line:
(Whee! Whut! Ziz!...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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