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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The Appointment

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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Dedication To A Book Of Stories Selected From The Irish Novelists

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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