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Famous Lindy Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Hayden, Robert
...ome Boy, as Dee-troit Red,
he fled his name, became the quarry of
his own obsessed pursuit.

He conked his hair and Lindy-hopped,
zoot-suited jiver, swinging those chicks
in the hot rose and reefer glow.

His injured childhood bullied him.
He skirmished in the Upas trees
and cannibal flowers of the American Dream--

but could not hurt the enemy
powered against him there....Read more of this...



by Service, Robert William
...If the good King only knew,
 Lindy Lou,
What a cherub child are you,
 It is true,
He would step down from his throne,
And would claim you for his own,
Then whatever would I do,
 Lindy Lou?

As I kiss your tiny feet,
 Lindy Lou,
I just feel I want to eat
 All of you.
What's so heaven-sweet and mild
As a happy baby-child?
If you died I would die too,
 Lindy Lou?

What's so lovely on t...Read more of this...

by Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...ine to know?
You mus' think I stood an' counted evahbody at de do.'
Ole man Babah's house-boy Isaac, brung dat gal, Malindy Jane,
Huh a-hangin' to his elbow, him a-struttin' wif a cane;
My, but Hahvey Jones was jealous! seemed to stick him lak a tho'n;[Pg 84]
But he laughed with Viney Cahteh, tryin' ha'd to not let on,
But a pusson would 'a' noticed f'om de d'rection of his look,
Dat he was watchin' ev'ry step dat Ike ...Read more of this...

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