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Famous Tines Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...wind
 That kisses ilka thing it meets.


See yonder rosebud, rich in dew,
 Amang its native briers sae coy;
How sune it tines its scent and hue,
 When pu’d and worn a common toy.


Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide,
 Tho’ thou may gaily bloom awhile;
And sune thou shalt be thrown aside,
 Like ony common weed and vile....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...er in pale strips.

Then they come, the three seal men with eyes as round
As dinner plates and eyelashes like sharpened tines.
They bring the scent of licorice. One sits in the washbowl,

One on the bathtub edge; one leans against the door.
"Can you feel it yet?" they whisper.
I don't know what to say, again. They chuckle,

Patting their sleek bodies with their hands.
"Well, maybe next time." And they rise,
Glittering like pools of ink under moonlight,

And vanish. I clutch a...Read more of this...
by Dove, Rita
...icious anemia --
See those branching veinlets of impotent blue?)
Yet in the cowbarn life is burbling, steaming,
And the tines of pitchforks simply glow with health.

These days -- these days, and these nights also!
With eavesdrop thrumming its tattoos at noon,
With icicles (cachectic!) hanging on to gables,
And with the chattering of rills that never sleep!

All doors are flung open -- in stable and in cowbarn;
Pigeons peck at oats fallen in the snow;
And the culprit of all t...Read more of this...
by Pasternak, Boris

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