Famous Squeaked Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Green Thumb

...d 
For her reprieve and that our debt be paid 
By my remorse. "Give me a sign," I said, 
"Give me my burning bush." You squeaked the bed. 
I hid my face like Moses on the hill, 
But unlike Moses did not feel my will 
Swell with new strength; I put my choice to sleep. 
That night we cowered, choice and I, like sheep. 

When I awoke I found beneath the door 
Only the invoice from the liquor store. 
The grape-vine brought the word. I switched to beer: 
She had become a civil eng...Read more of this...
by Levine, Philip


The Code

...the dust 
And caught sight of him treading-water-like, 
Keeping his head above. 'Damn ye,' I says, 
'That gets ye!' He squeaked like a squeezed rat. 
That was the last I saw or heard of him. 
I cleaned the rack and drove out to cool off. 
As I sat mopping hayseed from my neck, 
And sort of waiting to be asked about it, 
One of the boys sings out, 'Where's the old man?' 
'I left him in the barn under the hay. 
If ye want him, ye can go and dig him out.' 
They realized from th...Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert

The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon

...
and the Sun'll be rising soon!'

So the cat on the fiddle played hey-diddle-diddle,
a jig that would wake the dead:
He squeaked and sawed and quickened the tune,
While the landlord shook the Man in the Moon:
'It's after three!' he said.

They rolled the Man slowly up the hill
and bundled him into the Moon,
While his horses galloped up in rear,
And the cow came capering like a deer,
and a dish ran up with the spoon.

Now quicker the fiddle went deedle-dum-diddle;
the dog bega...Read more of this...
by Tolkien, J R R

There was an old person of Jodd

...
There was an old person of Jodd,Whose ways were perplexing and odd;She purchased a whistle, and sate on a thistle,And squeaked to the people of Jodd. ...Read more of this...
by Lear, Edward

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