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Famous Legislating Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Waiting For The Barbarians

by Cavafy, Constantine P

...e barbarians are due here today.

Why isn't anything happening in the senate?
Why do the senators sit there without legislating?

 Because the barbarians are coming today.
 What laws can the senators make now?
 Once the barbarians are here, they'll do the legislating.

Why did our emperor get up so early,
and why is he sitting at the city's main gate
on his throne, in state, wearing the crown?

 Because the barbarians are coming today
 and the emperor is waiting t...Read more of this...

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