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Famous Sleeks Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Service, Robert William
...s just because of that
A cat evokes my tenderness,
And takes so kindly my caress.
For with a rich, resonant purr
It sleeks an arch or ardent fur
So vibrantly against my shin;
And as I tickle tilted chin
And rub the roots of velvet ears
Its tail in undulation rears.
Then tremoring with all its might,
In blissful sensuous delight,
It looks aloft with lambent eyes,
Mystic, Egyptianly wise,
And O so eloquently tries
In every fibre to express
Consummate trust and friendlin...Read More



by Carew, Thomas
...authors, spilt 
Into thy ink, whilst thou growest pale with guilt. 
Repine not at the taper's thrifty waste, 
That sleeks thy terser poems; nor is haste 
Praise, but excuse; and if thou overcome 
A knotty writer, bring the booty home; 
Nor think it theft if the rich spoils so torn 
From conquer'd authors be as trophies worn. 
Let others glut on the extorted praise 
Of vulgar breath, trust thou to after-days; 
Thy labour'd works shall live when time devours 
Th' abort...Read More

by de la Mare, Walter
...Ever, ever
Stir and shiver
The reeds and rushes
By the river:
Ever, ever,
As if in dream,
The lone moon's silver
Sleeks the stream.
What old sorrow,
What lost love,
Moon, reeds, rushes,
Dream you of?...Read More

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