Famous Next Of Kin Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Christ Crucified

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
 Now ere I slept, my prayer had been that I might see my way
To do the will of Christ, our Lord and Master, day by day; 
And with this prayer upon my lips, I knew not that I dreamed, 
But suddenly the world of night a pandemonium seemed.
From forest, and from slaughter house, from bull ring, and from stall,...Read more of this...

Boots

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 We've travelled per Joe Gardiner, a humping of our swag 
In the country of the Gidgee and Belar. 
We've swum the Di'mantina with our raiment in a bag, 
And we've travelled per superior motor car, 
But when we went to Germany we hadn't any choice, 
No matter what our training or pursuits, 
For they gave us no selection 'twixt...Read more of this...

The Grey Eros

by George William Russell
 WE are desert leagues apart;
 Time is misty ages now
Since the warmth of heart to heart
 Chased the shadows from my brow.


Oh, I am so old, meseems
 I am next of kin to Time,
The historian of her dreams
 From the long-forgotten prime.


You have come a path of flowers.
 What a way was mine to roam!
Many a fallen empire’s towers,
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