Famous Papas Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Papas poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous papas poems. These examples illustrate what a famous papas poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Lear, Edward
...C was Papa's gray Cat,Who caught a squeaky Mouse; She pulled him by his twirly tailAll about the house. ...Read more of this...
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Lear, Edward
...D D was Papa's white Duck,Who had a curly tail; One day it ate a great fat frog,Besides a leetle snail. ...Read more of this...
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Lear, Edward
...G was Papa's new Gun;He put it in a box; And then he went and bought a bun,And walked about the Docks. ...Read more of this...
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Lear, Edward
...H was Papa's new Hat;He wore it on his head; Outside it was completely black,But inside it was red. ...Read more of this...
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Roethke, Theodore
...The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You...Read more of this...
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Lear, Edward
...S was Papa's new Stick,Papa's new thumping Stick, To thump extremely wicked boys,Because it was so thick. ...Read more of this...
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von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
...shame, cuck-oo!
'Tis not our fault, certainly!
Only two years patient be!
But if we ourselves please here,
Will pa-pa-papas appear?
Know that thou'lt more kindness do us,
More thou'lt prophesy unto us.
One! cuck-oo! Two! cuck-oo!
Ever, ever, cuck-oo, cuck-oo, coo!
If we've calculated clearly,
We have half a dozen nearly.
If good promises we'll give,
Wilt thou say how long we'II live?
Truly, we'll confess to thee,
We'd prolong it willingly.
Coo cuck-oo, coo cuck...Read more of this...
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