[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

That's quite a project you've undertaken, Damian.

Here are a couple. Another by Wendy Cope:

Favourite

When they ask me, ‘Who’s your favourite poet?’
I’d better not mention you.
Though you certainly are my favourite poet
And I like your poems too.

And "Self Pity" by D.H. Lawrence:

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Duncan

PS This one is surely a must:

IN A STATION OF THE METRO

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

Ezra Pound

And here's one that is not so well-known:

The Rhino

My horn stands me apart
And I have a passionate heart.
My skin is a thick crust.
I walk in the wonder of dust.

Ben Okri

And here's a lovely haiku by Michael Dylan Welch:

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