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Famous Tweezers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Tate, James
...ldered.
There was something they meant to say, but didn't: 
"And if we put the statue of the rhinoceros
next to the tweezers, and walk around the room three times,
learn to yodel, shave our heads, call 
our ancestors back from the dead--" 
poetrywise it's still a bust, bankrupt.
You haven't scribbled a syllable of it.
You're a nowhere man misfiring
the very essence of your life, flustering
nothing from nothing and back again.
The hereafter may not last all tha...Read more of this...



by Taylor, Edward
...ldered.
There was something they meant to say, but didn't: 
"And if we put the statue of the rhinoceros
next to the tweezers, and walk around the room three times,
learn to yodel, shave our heads, call 
our ancestors back from the dead--" 
poetrywise it's still a bust, bankrupt.
You haven't scribbled a syllable of it.
You're a nowhere man misfiring
the very essence of your life, flustering
nothing from nothing and back again.
The hereafter may not last all tha...Read more of this...

by Edgar, Marriott
...elatives burned; 
And each one suggested some process 
For getting the money returned. 

Some were for fishing with tweezers, 
While some were for shaking it out; 
"If we only got back a few shillings," 
They said "`twould be better than nowt." 

They tried `olding Albert `ead downward
And giving `is shoulders a clump- 
`Till his uncle, `oo worked for a chemist 
Said "There's nowt for it but stomach pump." 

Well, they `adn't a stomach pump `andy, 
But Pa did the ...Read more of this...

by Swift, Jonathan
...d with the marks of stinking toes;
Or greasy coifs and pinners reeking,
Which Celia slept at least a week in?
A pair of tweezers next he found
To pluck her brows in arches round,
Or hairs that sink the forehead low,
Or on her chin like bristles grow.
The virtues we must not let pass,
Of Celia's magnifying glass.
When frighted Strephon cast his eye on't
It shewed the visage of a giant.
A glass that can to sight disclose
The smallest worm in Celia's nose,
And faithf...Read more of this...

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