Where can I find Cantonese poetry?

Question

I would like to identify some Cantonese poetry to study, and I'm looking for the kind of poetry that follows a recognized style and is bound by certain rules (even Cantonese haiku or limericks would do).

Now obviously there is lots of classical Chinese poetry which can all be read in Cantonese. However this might sometimes not sound very natural, and I'm looking for poems that sound natural, not awkward, when read in Cantonese.

I'm aware that written Cantonese is a very recent thing, and that classical written Chinese was sort of separated from spoken language; that "traditional Cantonese poetry" might be a self-contradictory term to some extent. Even so, I think some Cantonese poets would have had their own native pronunciation in mind, when supposedly writing the same non-verbal, classical written Chinese as everyone else, to a greater extent than someone from the other side of the country would have. My theory is that poetry by such poets might sound more natural in Cantonese, and it would qualify as "Cantonese poetry" for me.

My question(s):

• Is there any famous traditional Chinese poet who lived in Guangdong and/or is known to or can be assumed to have written poetry with Cantonese in mind?
• Are there any collections of modern Cantonese poetry following any recognized style (also non-Chinese styles)?
• Are there any other sources one should know about?

EDIT: I keep updating this as I think of ways to make more sense.

Answer 1

1. Google 粵詩.
2. This article (PDF Download from Cantonese Association) in 趣味詩文 gives a few examples.

Answer 2

I am a Chinese who happens to know the basics of Cantonese and grew up listening to some Cantonese pop songs.

Is there any famous traditional Chinese poet who lived in Guangdong and/or is known to or can be assumed to have written poetry for Cantonese?

No I do not think there is any famous traditional Chinese poet who did that. There is an author 黄霑 who has some work written in Written Cantonese such as《不文集》, 《香港仔手记》and 《问我》.

Are there any collections of modern Cantonese poetry following any traditional style (from anywhere)?

No, I do not believe so. However, there are tons of Cantonese songs like those played by Beyond (band). For all the subtitles I have ever seen for popular Cantonese songs in my entire life, there is not one written in Written Cantonese. They are all written in mandarin Chinese or traditional Chinese.

Are there any other sources one should know about?

You might have seen this but the wikipedia page for Written Cantonese is actually quite neat.

This link for 粤语白话文 should be useful too

Answer 3

王安石的“桂枝香”用粤语来读十分完美：

登临送目，

正故国晚秋，天气初肃。

千里澄江似练，翠峰如簇。

征帆去棹残阳里，背西风，酒旗斜矗。

彩舟云淡，星河鹭起，画图难足。

念往昔，繁华竞逐，

叹门外楼头，悲恨相续。

千古凭高对此，谩嗟荣辱。

六朝旧事随流水，但寒烟衰草凝绿。

至今商女，时时犹唱，后庭遗曲。