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Famous Small Time Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...cents, and so dies. 
So doth the swiftly turning wheel not stand 
In th' instant we withdraw the moving hand, 
But some small time maintain a faint weak course, 
By virtue of the first impulsive force; 
And so, whilst I cast on thy funeral pile 
Thy crown of bays, oh, let it crack awhile, 
And spit disdain, till the devouring flashes 
Suck all the moisture up, then turn to ashes. 

I will not draw the envy to engross 
All thy perfections, or weep all our loss; 
Those are too ...Read more of this...
by Carew, Thomas



...it all began
and will continue into oblivion,
past our knowing
and the wild toppling green that enters us today,
for a small time
in half winter, half spring....Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne
...my death and thine,
my friend· it conspires against my soul and thine.
Come, seat thyself upon the turf, for, indeed, small time
remains to us before new turf shall germinate from my
dust and from thine.
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by Khayyam, Omar

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