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Famous Uncaught Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...know in him the slackening 
That comes, and coming always tells the end,— 
Now in a common word that would have passed 
Uncaught from any other lips than his,
Now in some trivial act of every day, 
Done as he might have done it all along 
But for a twinging little difference 
That nips you like a squirrel’s teeth—oh, yes, 
Then you will understand it well enough.
But oftener it comes in other ways; 
It comes without your knowing when it comes; 
You know that he is changing, a...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington



...mps; 
But, to a new rhythmus fitted for thee, 
Poems, bridging the way from Life to Death, vaguely wafted in night air, uncaught,
 unwritten, 
Which, let us go forth in the bold day, and write....Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt
...septic yet—cleaving, suffusing all, 
Only the good is universal. 

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Over the mountain growths, disease and sorrow, 
An uncaught bird is ever hovering, hovering,
High in the purer, happier air. 

From imperfection’s murkiest cloud, 
Darts always forth one ray of perfect light, 
One flash of Heaven’s glory. 

To fashion’s, custom’s discord,
To the mad Babel-din, the deafening orgies, 
Soothing each lull, a strain is heard, just heard, 
From some far shore, the final chorus sou...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry