Famous Sloppily Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Sloppily poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous sloppily poems. These examples illustrate what a famous sloppily poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Heaney, Seamus
...My grandfather cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up
To drink it, then fell to right away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, going down and down
For the good turf. Digging.
The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I've no spade to foll...Read more of this...
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