Famous Container Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Container poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous container poems. These examples illustrate what a famous container poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...island hide
Where white swans glide.
31
The house I was born in
Is long gone
Steel and concrete bones
Of a container base
Rise from the ruins.
32
Wholesale markets
Straddle the fields
Of Snakey Lane
By the Red Road
By the Black Road.
33
Footpaths unwalked
Are decked with weeds;
Factories for frozen foods
And car batteries
Edge the silence.
34
The piggeries no more
Than corrugations
Of rust and wood
Sigh in the
Ravening wind.
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by
Tebb, Barry
...in tinkle of commodious, enduring money,
else the bee's industry in hives of golden honey.
14)
He is safely put
in a container, head to foot,
and there, on his upper part, wears still
remnants of a life he lived at will --
but, lower down, he probes at that doubled sack
holds all his random virtues in a mindless fact.
15)
The forms wait, swan,
elephant, crab, rabbit, horse, monkey, cow,
squirrel and crocodile. From the one
sits in empty consciousness, all seemingly h...Read more of this...
by
Creeley, Robert
...small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods should speak,
Or English poets who grew up on Greek
(I'd have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek.)
How well her wishes went! She stroked my chin,
She taught me Turn, and Counter-turn, and stand;
She taught me Touch, that undulant white skin:
I nibbled meekly from her proffered hand;
She was the sickle;...Read more of this...
by
Roethke, Theodore
... Boy draw water well shining Agile container rise hand Wet sprinkle not soak earth Sweep surpass like without broom Bright rosy clouds shining again pavilion Clear mist lift high window Lean fill cover path flower Dance end steps willow Difficulty world affair compel Hide away right time after Meet talk agree deep heart How can all restrain mouth Offer goodbye return cane riding crop Temporar...Read more of this...
by
Fu, Du
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