Famous Munster Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Munster poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous munster poems. These examples illustrate what a famous munster poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Ruth Padel
Flamingo silk. New ruff,
the ivory ghost
of a halter. Chestnut curls,
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commas behind the ear.
"Taller, by half a head,
than my Lord Walsingham."
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His Devon-cream brogue,
malt eyes. New cloak
mussed in her mud.
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The Queen leans forward,
a rosy envelope of civet.
A cleavage
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whispering seed pearls.
Her own sleeve
rubs that speck of dirt
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on his cheek. Three thousand
ornamental fruit baskets
swing in the smoke.
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by
William Butler Yeats
There was a green branch hung with many a bell
When her own people ruled this tragic Eire;
And from its murmuring greenness, calm of Faery,
A Druid kindness, on all hearers fell.
It charmed away the merchant from his guile,
And turned the farmer's memory from his cattle,
And hushed in sleep the roaring ranks of battle:
And all grew friendly for a little while.
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