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Famous Next To Last Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Next To Last 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 to last poems. These examples illustrate what a famous next to last poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...I leave the office, take the stairs,
in time to mail a letter
before 3 in the afternoon--the last dispatch.
The red, white and blue air mail
falls past the slot for foreign mail
and hits bottom with a sound
that tells me my letter is alone.
They will have to bring in a plane
from a place of coastline and beaches,
from a climate of fresh figs and ap...Read more of this...
by Bronte, Charlotte



...The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther losing faster:
places and names and where it was you...Read more of this...
by Bishop, Elizabeth

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry