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Famous Emitting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...m,
and fade breathlessly while the sea rustles in and out of the
 seaweed;
the birds swim through the air at top speed, emitting cat-calls
 as heretofore—
the tortoise-shell scourges about the feet of the cliffs, in motion
 beneath them;
and the ocean, under the pulsation of lighthouses and noise of
 bell-bouys,
advances as usual, looking as if it were not that ocean in which
 dropped things are bound to sink—
in which if they turn and twist, it is neither with volition nor
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by Moore, Marianne



...the tide hurry, seeking something, and never give up? O I the same; 
O nor down-balls, nor perfumes, nor the high, rain-emitting clouds, are borne through the
 open
 air, 
Any more than my Soul is borne through the open air, 
Wafted in all directions, O love, for friendship, for you....Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt
...meet his opponent. 

O the joy of that vast elemental sympathy which only the human Soul is capable of
 generating
 and emitting in steady and limitless floods. 

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O the mother’s joys!
The watching—the endurance—the precious love—the anguish—the patiently
 yielded life. 

O the joy of increase, growth, recuperation; 
The joy of soothing and pacifying—the joy of concord and harmony. 

O to go back to the place where I was born! 
To hear the birds sing once more!
To ramble abo...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt
...through the earth
unearthing bodies clasped together
couples embracing
around the earth
They clung together everywhere
emitting small cries
that did not reach the stars
The crystal earth turned
and the bodies with it
And the sky did not turn
nor the stars with it
The stars remained fixed
each with its crystal cable
beamed to earth
each attached to the immense plough
furrowing our lives...Read more of this...
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
...TO my friend Butts I write 
My first vision of light, 
On the yellow sands sitting. 
The sun was emitting 
His glorious beams 
From Heaven’s high streams. 
Over sea, over land, 
My eyes did expand 
Into regions of air, 
Away from all care; 
Into regions of fire, 
Remote from desire; 
The light of the morning 
Heaven’s mountains adorning: 
In particles bright, 
The jewels of light 
Distinct shone and clear. 
Amaz’d and in fear 
I each particle gaz?d, 
As...Read more of this...
by Blake, William



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