The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available:

At least 58 contemporary poems were dedicated to him or praised him.

This could be a contemporary poem, to me, even though the world has changed greatly since it was written.

Nothing can be gleaned from the contemporary skaldic poems on the causes of the battle.

These contemporary poems deal with every dimension of the world from terrorism to technology and environment to economic issues.

The book sorts through contemporary American poems, separating them into nearly a hundred categories.

A contemporary popular poem narrates the story of this blast.

Most contemporary poems ask to be reread, and these insist on it.

Mr. Collins looked for contemporary poems that were "good, clear, interesting and understandable."

Some contemporary poems by major poets not involved in the fighting are also given.