Famous Wor Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Collier's Wife

...' me
    If 'e's not a man for mischance!

Wheers he hurt this time, lad?
    --I dunna know,
They on'y towd me it wor bad--
    It would be so!

Eh, what a man!--an' that cobbly road,
    They'll jolt him a'most to death,
I'm sure he's in for some trouble
    Nigh every time he takes breath.

Out o' my way, childt--dear o' me, wheer
    Have I put his clean stockings and shirt;
Goodness knows if they'll be able
    To take off his pit dirt.

An' what a moan...Read more of this...
by Lawrence, D. H.


Bridge Over The Aire Book 4

...et herself half a

Lifetime earlier, with straw-gold hair

The colour of lank February grass.





2



Cook’s Moor End Works with three broken

Windows, lathes and benches open to the

Wind of my eyes this Sunday morning as I

Fly over the cobbles of Leeds nine to the

Aire’s side, the steps broken under the weight

Of the Transpennine Trail; forty years ago

I stood here with Margaret who whispered

In my ear, “I love you, I love you”.

Margaret, Margaret, where are you?


...Read more of this...
by Tebb, Barry

Part 8 of Trout Fishing in America

...

 Yours,



 "An Ardent Admirer"





Dear Ardent Admirer:



 It's good to hear that Fritz isn't in jail. He was very wor-

ried about it. The last time I was in San Francisco, he told

me he thought the odds were 10-1 in favor of him going away.

I told him to get a good lawyer. It appears that he followed

my advice and also was very lucky. That's always a good

combination.

 You asked about New York and New York is very hot.

 I'm visiting some friends, a young burglar ...Read more of this...
by Brautigan, Richard

V

...'My father still reads the dictionary every day. 
He says your life depends on your power to master words.'

 Arthur Scargill
 Sunday Times, 10 January 1982

Next millennium you'll have to search quite hard
to find my slab behind the family dead, 
butcher, publican, and baker, now me, bard
adding poetry to their beef, beer and bread.

With Byron three graves on I'll not go short
of company, and Wordsworth's opposite.
That's two peers already, of a sort,
an...Read more of this...
by Harrison, Tony

Violets

...Sister, tha knows while we was on the planks
  Aside o' th' grave, while th' coffin wor lyin' yet
On th' yaller clay, an' th' white flowers top of it
  Tryin' to keep off 'n him a bit o' th' wet,

An' parson makin' haste, an' a' the black
  Huddlin' close together a cause o' th' rain,
Did t' 'appen ter notice a bit of a lass away back
  By a head-stun, sobbin' an' sobbin' again?

    --How should I be lookin' round
      An' me st...Read more of this...
by Lawrence, D. H.


Whether or Not

...nd her good?

Ay, I did, but afterwards
    I should like to ha' killed her!
--Afterwards!--an' after how long
    Wor it tha'd liked to 'a killed her?

Say no more, Liz, dunna thee,
    I might lose my-sen.
--I'll only say good-bye to thee, Timothy,
    An' gi'e her thee back again.

I'll ta'e thy word 'Good-bye,' Liz,
    But I shonna marry her,
I shonna for nobody.--It is
    Very nice on you, Sir.

The childt maun ta'e its luck, it maun,
    An' she maun...Read more of this...
by Lawrence, D. H.

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