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Famous Pettiness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lawrence, D. H.
...be crowned again.

And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords
Of life.
And I have something to expiate:
A pettiness.

Taormina, 1923...Read more of this...



by Cavafy, Constantine P
...at works
this unjust fate of yours always
denies you encouragement and success;
that base customs should block you;
and pettiness and indifference.
And how terrible the day when you yield
(the day when you give up and yield),
and you leave on foot for Susa,
and you go to the monarch Artaxerxes
who favorably places you in his court,
and offers you satrapies and the like.
And you accept them with despair
these things that you do not want.
Your soul seeks other thing...Read more of this...

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