Famous Dirtied Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Dirtied poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous dirtied poems. These examples illustrate what a famous dirtied poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Elizabeth Bishop
Oh, why should a hen
have been run over
on West 4th Street
in the middle of summer?
She was a white hen
--red-and-white now, of course.
How did she get there?
Where was she going?
Her wing feathers spread
flat, flat in the tar,
all dirtied, and thin
as tissue paper.
A pigeon, yes,
or an English sparrow,
might meet such a fate,
but not that poor fowl.
Just now I went back
to look...Read more of this...
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