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Famous Percussive Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Pink Champagne (for Digby Fairweather)

by Green, Adrian

...e tune;
a lover’s touch
caressing melody from bass;
and sax, deep throated tenor
shouting counterpoint
above the drums’
percussive ricochets.

Not blues in twelve,
but upbeat late
and shimmying
like Sister Kate.

The cornet-master
blows
an emptiness away....Read more of this...

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