Famous Nannies Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Star-Apple Kingdom

by Derek Walcott
 There were still shards of an ancient pastoral 
in those shires of the island where the cattle drank 
their pools of shadow from an older sky, 
surviving from when the landscape copied such objects as 
"Herefords at Sunset in the valley of the Wye." 
The mountain water that fell white from the mill wheel 
sprinkling like petals from the...Read more of this...

The Ghost of the Murderers Hut

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 My horse had been lamed in the foot 
In the rocks at the back of the run, 
So I camped at the Murderer's Hut, 
At the place where the murder was done. 

The walls were all spattered with gore, 
A terrible symbol of guilt; 
And the bloodstains were fresh on the floor 
Where the blood of the victim was...Read more of this...

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