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Famous Southeast Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...Southeast, and storm, and every weathervane 
shivers and moans upon its dripping pin, 
ragged on chimneys the cloud whips, the rain 
howls at the flues and windows to get in, 
the golden rooster claps his golden wings 
and from the Baptist Chapel shrieks no more, 
the golden arrow in the southeast sings 
and hears on the roof the Atlantic Ocean roar. 
Waves ...Read more of this...
by Aiken, Conrad



...the Scarlet Castle,

While, as if staggering before it, the Tien-tai Peak
Of forty-eight thousand feet leans toward the southeast.

So, longing to dream of the southlands of Wu and Yueh,
I flew across the Mirror Lake one night under the moon.

The moon in the lake followed my flight,
Followed me to the town of Yen-chi.
Here still stands the mansion of Prince Hsieh.
I saw the green waters curl and heard the monkeys' shrill cries.
I climbed, putting on the clogs of the prince, ...Read more of this...
by Po, Li
...d the war.

They have counted the miles to the Sun
 and Canopus; they have weighed a small
 blue star that comes in the southeast
 corner of the sky on a foretold errand.

We shall search the sea again.
We shall search the stars again.
There are no bars across the way.
There is no end to the plan and the clue,
 the hunt and the thirst.
The motors are drumming, the leather leggings
 and the leather coats wait:
 Under the sea
 and out to the stars
 we go....Read more of this...
by Sandburg, Carl

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry