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Famous Bootleg Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Her Lips Are Copper Wire

by Toomer, Jean

...whisper of yellow globes
gleaming on lamp-posts that sway
like bootleg licker drinkers in the fog

and let your breath be moist against me
like bright beads on yellow globes

telephone the power-house
that the main wires are insulate

(her words play softly up and down
dewy corridors of billboards)

then with your tongue remove the tape
and press your lips to mine
till they are incandescent...Read more of this...

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