Famous Edgy Poems by Famous Poets

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

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An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow

by Les Murray
 The word goes round Repins,
the murmur goes round Lorenzinis,
at Tattersalls, men look up from sheets of numbers,
the Stock Exchange scribblers forget the chalk in their hands
and men with bread in their pockets leave the Greek Club:
There's a fellow crying in Martin Place. They can't stop him.

The traffic in George Street is banked up for half a mile
and drained of...Read more of this...

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