Famous Whys Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Whys poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous whys poems. These examples illustrate what a famous whys poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Kipling, Rudyard
...broad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes-
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!...Read more of this...
by
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...it:
There was the book again; something in that
Pursued him, overpowered him, put out
The futile strength of all his whys and wheres,
And left him unintelligibly numb—
Too numb to care for anything but rest.
It must have been a curious kind of book
That he had made it: it was a drowsy book
At any rate. The very thought of it
Was like the taste of some impossible drink—
A taste that had no taste, but for all that
Had mixed with it a strange thought-cordial,
S...Read more of this...
by
Baraka, Imamu Amiri
...WHYS (Nobody Knows
The Trouble I Seen)
Traditional
If you ever find
yourself, some where
lost and surrounded
by enemies
who won't let you
speak in your own language
who destroy your statues
& instruments, who ban
your omm bomm ba boom
then you are in trouble
deep trouble
they ban your
own boom ba boom
you in deep deep
trouble
hu...Read more of this...
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