Famous Scrunched Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Scrunched poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous scrunched poems. These examples illustrate what a famous scrunched poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Laurence Dunbar, Paul
...Tek dat chin up off yo' han's,
Set up nice now. Goodness lan's!
Hol' yo'se'f up lak yo' pa.
Bet nobidy evah saw
Him scrunched down lak you was den—
High-tone boys meks high-tone men.
Once dey was a ole black bah,
Used to live 'roun' hyeah some whah
In a cave. He was so big
He could ca'y off a pig
Lak you picks a chicken up,
Er yo' leetles' bit o' pup.
An' he had two gread big eyes,
Jes' erbout a saucer's size.
Why, dey looked lak balls o' fiah
Jumpin' 'roun' er...Read more of this...
by
Lear, Edward
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There was an old person of Stroud,Who was horribly jammed in a crowd;Some she slew with a kick, some she scrunched with a stick,That impulsive old person of Stroud. ...Read more of this...
by
Jones, Chris
...I caught rumours of some internal hearing
then you appeared with tears squeezing your eyes,
hands scrunched up like a child's, rice paper skin.
That work mates complained was a big surprise
as you were office sunshine, shafted no-one,
and turned your quick mind to the broadest cause.
But there you were, a whisper finished…gone,
scooping reams of data from cabinet drawers,
your kiddie snaps stacked face-down on the desk
and none of us sat safe eno...Read more of this...
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