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Famous Bookworms Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...THROUGH and through th’ inspir’d leaves,
 Ye maggots, make your windings;
But O respect his lordship’s taste,
 And spare his golden bindings....Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert



...se, open house 
to the white dew 
and the milk-white sunrise 
kind to the eyes, 
to membership 
of silver fish, mouse, 
bookworms, 
big moths; with a wall 
for the mildew's 
ignorant map; 

darkened and tarnished 
by the warm touch 
of the warm breath, 
maculate, cherished; 
rejoice! For a later 
era will differ. 
(O difference that kills 
or intimidates, much 
of all our small shadowy 
life!) Without water 

the great rock will stare 
unmagnetized, bare, 
no longer wearing 
...Read more of this...
by Bishop, Elizabeth

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry