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Famous Preservative Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Berryman, John
...wicked fault
lodges: we judged him when we did not know
and we did judge him wrong,
lying incapable of crime save salt
preservative in cases here below
adduced. Not to prolong...Read more of this...



by Service, Robert William
...ite conjugal scolding.
I hate the sight of soap and so
 I seldom change my shirt:
Believe me, Brother, there is no
 Preservative like dirt.'

So there you have the reasons three
 Why age may you rejoice:
Booze, squalour and temerity,--
 Well, you may take your choice.
Yet let me say, although it may
 Your egoism hurt,
Of all the three it seems to me
 The best is DIRT....Read more of this...

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