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Famous Swishes Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Masefield, John
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I clodded squire's glass with turves 
Because he spring-gunned his preserves. 
Through parson's glass my nozzle swishes 
Because he stood for loaves and fishes, 
but parson's glass I spared a tittle. 
He give me a orange once when little, 
And he who gives a child a treat 
Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, 
And he who gives a child a home 
Build palaces in Kingdom come 
and she who gives a baby birth 
Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth, 
For life is joy, ...Read more of this...



by Masefield, John
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Her crew made seven-and-twenty dishes
For the big jack-sharks and the little fishes,
And over their bones the water swishes. 
Hear the yarn of a sailor,
An old yarn learned at sea.

The wives and girls they watch in the rain
For a ship as won't come home again.
'I reckon it's them head-winds,' they say,
'She'll be home to-morrow, if not to-day.
I'll just nip home 'n' I'll air the sheets
'N' buy the fixins 'n' cook the meats
As my man likes 'n' as my man ea...Read more of this...

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