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Famous Measly Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...West,
 So sudden 'e 'adn't a minit to say good-bye to 'is chums.

And they took me to where 'e was planted, a sort of a measly mound,
 And, thinks I, 'ow Bill would be tickled, bein' so soft and *****,
If I gathered a bunch o' them wild-flowers, and sort of arranged them round
 Like a kind of a bloody headpiece . . . and that's the reason I'm 'ere.

But not for the love of glory I wouldn't 'ave Jim to know.
 'E'd call me a slobberin' Cissy, and larf till 'is sides was sore;
I...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William



...and then to break for
lunch a corned-beef sandwich and Pepsi
with plenty of ice cubes unlike France
where they put one measly ice cube
in your expensive Coke and when
you ask for more they argue with
you they say this way you get more
Coke for the money showing they
completely misunderstand the nature of
American soft drinks which are an
excuse for ice cubes still I wouldn't
mind being there for a couple of
days Philip Larkin's attitude
toward China comes to mind when
asked ...Read more of this...
by Lehman, David
...? Wot the 'ell?

Sez I: My Country? Mine? I likes their cheek.
 Me mud-bespattered by the cars they drive,
Wot makes my measly thirty bob a week,
 And sweats red blood to keep meself alive!
Fight for the right to slave that they may spend,
 Them in their mansions, me 'ere in my slum?
No, let 'em fight wot's something to defend:
 But me, I've nothin' -- let the Kaiser come.
 And so I cusses 'ard and well,
 But . . . wot the 'ell, Bill? Wot the 'ell?

Sez I: If they would do th...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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