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Famous Sayers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Whitman, Walt
...th the faith that tells the best! 
I will have to do only with that faith that leaves the best untold. 

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Say on, sayers! 
Delve! mould! pile the words of the earth!
Work on—(it is materials you must bring, not breaths;) 
Work on, age after age! nothing is to be lost; 
It may have to wait long, but it will certainly come in use; 
When the materials are all prepared, the architects shall appear. 

I swear to you the architects shall appear without fail! I announce th...Read more of this...



by Ammons, A R
...roaring down

the hall in the men's room, should I go and
inquire of him, reducing him to my care: no

wonder the great sayers (who say nothing) sit
about in inaccessible states of mind: no

wonder still wisdom and catatonia appear to
exchange places occasionally: but if anything

were easy, our easy choices soon would carry
away our ignorance with the world-better

let the mixed-up mix and let the surface shine
with all the possibilities, each in itself....Read more of this...

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