Famous Cotton Wool Poems by Famous Poets

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

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there is a god

by Rg Gregory
 i belch
acre upon acre
of cotton wool
and there is still
not enough for his beard...Read more of this...

Mr Bleaney

by Philip Larkin
 'This was Mr Bleaney's room. He stayed
The whole time he was at the Bodies, till
They moved him.' Flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
Fall to within five inches of the sill,

Whose window shows a strip of building land,
Tussocky, littered. 'Mr Bleaney took
My bit of garden properly in hand.'
Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no hook

Behind the door, no room for books or...Read more of this...

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