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Famous Lip Service Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Atwood, Margaret
...to be the gist.
Oh yes: And save me from death.
In return we're given blood
and bread, flowers and prayer,
and lip service.

Maybe there's something in all of this
I missed. But if it's selfless
love you're looking for,
you've got the wrong goddess.

I just sit where I'm put, composed
of stone and wishful thinking:
that the deity who kills for pleasure
will also heal,
that in the midst of your nightmare,
the final one, a kind lion
will come with bandages ...Read more of this...



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