Famous Diva Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Diva poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous diva poems. These examples illustrate what a famous diva poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Amjad, Majeed
...led arm
Raised in a silent gesture of greeting !
With her elbows resting on the parapet,
And the air of a Diva,
Stands someone … coyly blushing and silent
With a muted message in her fleeting glance !...Read more of this...
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Alighieri, Dante
...anto rio
ch'usc? del fonte ond'ogne ver deriva;
tal puose in pace uno e altro disio.
«O amanza del primo amante, o diva»,
diss'io appresso, «il cui parlar m'inonda
e scalda s?, che pi? e pi? m'avviva,
non ? l'affezion mia tanto profonda,
che basti a render voi grazia per grazia;
ma quei che vede e puote a ci? risponda.
Io veggio ben che gi? mai non si sazia
nostro intelletto, se 'l ver non lo illustra
di fuor dal qual nessun vero si spazia.
Posasi in esso, com...Read more of this...
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Clampitt, Amy
...be thought of (is
thought of by some) as a
higher form of expression:
is, in extremity, first to
be jettisoned: as the diva
onstage, all soaring
pectoral breathwork,
takes off, pure vowel
breaking free of the dry,
the merely fricative
husk of the particular, rises
past saying anything, any
more than the wind in
the trees, waves breaking,
or Homer's gibbering
Thespesiae iache:
those last-chance vestiges
above the threshold, the all-
but dispossessed of breath....Read more of this...
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Horace,
...Thus may Cyprus' heavenly queen,
Thus Helen's brethren, stars of brightest sheen,
Guide thee! May the Sire of wind
Each truant gale, save only Zephyr, bind!
So do thou, fair ship, that ow'st
Virgil, thy precious freight, to Attic coast,
Safe restore thy loan and whole,
And save from death the partner of my sou...Read more of this...
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