Famous Outsider Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Sydney Cup 1899

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 Of course they say if this Bobadil starts 
He'll settle 'em all in a flash: 
For the pace he can go will be breaking their hearts, 
And he ends with the "Bobadil dash". 
But there's one in the race is a fance of mine 
Whenever the distance is far -- 
Crosslake! He's inbred to the Yattendon line, 
And we...Read more of this...

The Unforgiven

by Edwin Arlington Robinson
 When he, who is the unforgiven, 
Beheld her first, he found her fair: 
No promise ever dreamt in heaven 
Could have lured him anywhere 
That would have nbeen away from there; 
And all his wits had lightly striven, 
Foiled with her voice, and eyes, and hair.

There's nothing in the saints and sages 
To meet the shafts her glances had,...Read more of this...

The Old Timers Steeplechase

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 The sheep were shorn and the wool went down 
At the time of our local racing; 
And I'd earned a spell -- I was burnt and brown -- 
So I rolled my swag for a trip to town 
And a look at the steeplechasing. 
Twas rough and ready--an uncleared course 
As rough as the blacks had found it; 
With...Read more of this...

Father Rileys Horse

by Andrew Barton Paterson
 'Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog 
By the troopers of the upper Murray side, 
They had searched in every gully -- they had looked in every log, 
But never sight or track of him they spied, 
Till the priest at Kiley's Crossing heard a knocking very late 
And a whisper "Father Riley --...Read more of this...

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