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Famous Birdseye Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by MacLeish, Archibald 
...Will it last? he says.
Is it a masterpiece?
Will generation after generation
Turn with reverence to the page?

Birdseye scholar of the frozen fish,
What would he make of the sole, clean, clear
Leap of the salmon that has disappeared?

To be, yes!--whether they like it or not!
But not to last when leap and water are forgotten,
A plank of standard pinkness in the dish.

They also live
Who swerve and vanish in the river....Read more of this...

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