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Famous Pound For Pound Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...s eyes before I struck him. 
He had gone once too far; and when he knew it,
He knew it was all over; and I struck him. 
Pound for pound, he was the better brute; 
But bulking in the way then of my fist 
And all there was alive in me to drive it, 
Three of him misbegotten into one
Would have gone down like him—and being larger, 
Might have bled more, if that were necessary. 
He came up soon; and if I live for ever, 
The vengeance in his eyes, and a weird gleam 
Of desolation—i...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington



...SANDBOX MINUS JOHN

 DILLINGER EQUALS WHAT?





Often I return to the cover of Trout Fishing in America. I

took the baby and went down there this morning. They were

watering the cover with big revolving sprinklers. I saw some

bread lying on the grass. It had been put there to feed the

pigeons.

 The old Italians are always doing things like that. The
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by Brautigan, Richard
...one the other will absorb --
As Sponges -- Buckets -- do --

The Brain is just the weight of God --
For -- Heft them -- Pound for Pound --
And they will differ -- if they do --
As Syllable from Sound --...Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

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