Famous Espresso Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Espresso poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous espresso poems. These examples illustrate what a famous espresso poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lehman, David
...
she was willing to trade
fifteen minutes of inspiration
in return for a phone call
from Frank O'Hara in heaven
sipping espresso and Irish whiskey
and then a morning swim
we had so much energy those days
we needed to burn some up
before we could paint...Read more of this...
by
Lehman, David
...we woke up
slowly & our breakfast table
arranged itself into
a still life with irises
in a vase and a peeled orange,
espresso cups and saucers
and The Necessary Angel by
Wallace Stevens, a little violet
paperback opened to page 58:
"the morality of the poet is
the morality of the right sensation."...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...he pregar pur ch'altri prieghi,
sì che s'avacci lor divenir sante,
io cominciai: «El par che tu mi nieghi,
o luce mia, espresso in alcun testo
che decreto del cielo orazion pieghi;
e questa gente prega pur di questo:
sarebbe dunque loro speme vana,
o non m'è 'l detto tuo ben manifesto?».
Ed elli a me: «La mia scrittura è piana;
e la speranza di costor non falla,
se ben si guarda con la mente sana;
ché cima di giudicio non s'avvalla
perché foco d'amor compia in un punt...Read more of this...
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