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Famous Alertness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Collins, Billy
...n
to other American scenes
of haystacks, water whitening over rocks,

even one of a brown hare
who seemed so wired with alertness
I imagined him springing right out of the frame....Read more of this...



by Stern, Gerald
...eth ground down to dust.

It was the speed of the squirrel and his lowness to the ground,
his great purpose and the alertness of his dancing,
that showed me the difference between him and paper.
Paper will do in theory, when there is time
to sit back in a metal chair and study shadows;
but for this life I need a squirrel,
his clawed feet spread, his whole soul quivering,
the loud noise shaking him from head to tail.
 O philosophical mind, O mind of paper, I need a...Read more of this...

by Gregory, Rg
...sed tears)
a rush of inner silence urged me to give
my body to a void (my life's denial)
i was stunned beyond self into alertness

a hand not my own (but seemed at home)
sent signals out and had no need of answers
it could have been i came to be a tree
that with its tucked up roots went slowly out...Read more of this...

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