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Famous Speculated Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Murray, Les
...neyed model
of the tree's fragrance crisping in your head.

When the japanese plum tree 
was shedding in spring, we speculated
there among the drizzling petals

what kind of exquisitely precious
artistic bloom might be gendered
in a pure ethereal compost

of petals potted as they fell.
From unpetalled gun-debris
we know what is grown continually,

a tower of fabulous swish tatters,
a map hoisted upright, a crusted
riverbed with up-country show towns....Read more of this...



by Brautigan, Richard
...r kinds of animal communi-

cation. We simply have no idea about its evolutionary history,

though many people have speculated about its possible origins.

There is, for instance, the 'bow-bow' theory, that language

started from attempts to imitate animal sounds. Or the 'ding-

dong' theory, that it arose from natural sound-producing

responses. Or the 'pooh-pooh' theory, that it began with vio-

lent outcries and exclamations . . . We have no way...Read more of this...

by Dickinson, Emily
...We talked as Girls do --
Fond, and late --
We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave --
Of ours, none affair --

We handled Destinies, as cool --
As we -- Disposers -- be --
And God, a Quiet Party
To our Authority --

But fondest, dwelt upon Ourself
As we eventual -- be --
When Girls to Women, softly raised
We -- occupy -- Degree --

We parted with a contract
To cherish, and to write
But Heave...Read more of this...

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