Famous North Side Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous North Side poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous north side poems. These examples illustrate what a famous north side poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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McGonagall, William Topaz
...ming,
And all with one accord played up the "Campbell's are Coming."
Then his Lordship ascended a platform on the north side of the monument,
And the bands played cheerfully till their breath was almost spent;
Then his Lordship received three ringing cheers from the people there,
Then he requested the Rev. John McLean to open the proceedings with prayer.
And after the prayer, Major Menzies stepped forward
And said, "Ladies and gentlemen, for the Black Watch I ...Read more of this...
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Piercy, Marge
...In flat America, in Chicago,
Graceland cemetery on the German North Side.
Forty feet of Corinthian candle
celebrate Pullman embedded
lonely raisin in a cake of concrete.
The Potter Palmers float
in an island parthenon.
Barons of hogfat, railroads and wheat
are postmarked with angels and lambs.
But the Getty tomb: white, snow patterned
in a triangle of trees swims dappled with leaf shadow,
ske...Read more of this...
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