Famous Abalone Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Display Of Mackeral

by Mark Doty
 They lie in parallel rows,
on ice, head to tail, 
each a foot of luminosity 
barred with black bands,
which divide the scales'
radiant sections 

like seams of lead
in a Tiffany window.
Iridescent, watery 

prismatics: think abalone,
the wildly rainbowed
mirror of a soap-bubble sphere, 

think sun on gasoline.
Splendor, and splendor, 
and not a one in any way 

distinguished from the other
--nothing about them
of individuality....Read more of this...

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