Famous Slaw Poems by Famous Poets

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

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287. Song—The Battle of Sherramuir

...Wha glaum’d at kingdoms three, man.
 La, la, la, la, &c.


The red-coat lads, wi’ black cockauds,
 To meet them were na slaw, man;
They rush’d and push’d, and blude outgush’d
 And mony a bouk did fa’, man:
The great Argyle led on his files,
I wat they glanced twenty miles;
They hough’d the clans like nine-pin kyles,
They hack’d and hash’d, while braid-swords, clash’d,
And thro’ they dash’d, and hew’d and smash’d,
 Till fey men died awa, man.
 La, la, la, la, &c.


But had ye ...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


39. Ballad on the American War

...nae less, in full congress,
 Than quite refuse our law, man.


Then thro’ the lakes Montgomery takes,
 I wat he was na slaw, man;
Down Lowrie’s Burn he took a turn,
 And Carleton did ca’, man:
But yet, whatreck, he, at Quebec,
 Montgomery-like did fa’, man,
Wi’ sword in hand, before his band,
 Amang his en’mies a’, man.


Poor Tammy Gage within a cage
 Was kept at Boston-ha’, man;
Till Willie Howe took o’er the knowe
 For Philadelphia, man;
Wi’ sword an’ gun he thought a sin...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

Like A Flower In The Rain

...pple.
then I went out and got some chicken
and shrimp and french fries and buns
and mashed potatoes and gravy and 
cole slaw,and we ate.she told me
how good she felt and I told her
how good I felt and we 
ate the chicken and the shrimp and the
french fries and the buns and the
mashed potatoes and the gravy and
the cole slaw too....Read more of this...
by Bukowski, Charles

The Knights Tale

...y,
He for despite, and for his tyranny,
To do the deade bodies villainy*, *insult
Of all our lorde's, which that been y-slaw, *slain
Hath all the bodies on an heap y-draw,
And will not suffer them by none assent
Neither to be y-buried, nor y-brent*, *burnt
But maketh houndes eat them in despite."
And with that word, withoute more respite
They fallen groff,* and cryden piteously; *grovelling
"Have on us wretched women some mercy,
And let our sorrow sinken in thine heart."

Thi...Read more of this...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey

The Man of Laws Tale

...s wit, that for our, ignorance
Ne cannot know his prudent purveyance*. *foresight

Now since she was not at the feast y-slaw,* *slain
Who kepte her from drowning in the sea?
Who kepte Jonas in the fish's maw,
Till he was spouted up at Nineveh?
Well may men know, it was no wight but he
That kept the Hebrew people from drowning,
With drye feet throughout the sea passing.

Who bade the foure spirits of tempest,
That power have t' annoye land and sea,
Both north and south, an...Read more of this...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey


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