Famous Exaggerate Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Exaggerate poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous exaggerate poems. These examples illustrate what a famous exaggerate poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...y grief away. I cannot care
forever. With them all align & again I died
and cried, and I have to live.
-”Now there you exaggerate, Sah. We hafta die.
That is our 'pointed task. Love & die.
-”Yes; that makes sense.
But what makes sense between, then? What if I
roiling & babbling & braining, brood on why and
just sat on the fence?
-”I doubts you did or do. De choice is lost.
-”It's fool's gold. But I go in for that.
The boy & the bear
looked at each other. Man all is tossed
&...Read more of this...
by
Berryman, John
...n going down
Out of sight. Come near me now.
Dear dying fall of wings as birds
complain against the gathering dark...
Exaggerate the green blood in grass;
the music of leaves scraping space;
Multiply the stillness by one sound;
by one syllable of your name...
And all that is little is soon giant,
all that is rare grows in common beauty
To rest with my mouth on your mouth
as somewhere a star falls
And the earth takes it softly, in natural love...
Exactly as we take each ...Read more of this...
by
Patchen, Kenneth
...To be great, be whole: nothing
Yours exaggerate nor delete.
Be whole at everything. Be yourself
at the little things you do.
So that in each lake the whole moon
Shines because high it lives....Read more of this...
by
Pessoa, Fernando
...rties
To wound deeper than the soldier
To heal this poor obstinate monkey once and for all
To verify the irrational
To exaggerate all things
To inhibit everyone
To lubricate each proportion
To experience only experience
To set a flame in the high air
To exclaim at the commonplace alone
To cause the unseen eyes to open
To admire only the abrsurd
To be concerned with every profession save his own
To raise a fortuitous stink on the boulevards of truth and beauty
To desire an ...Read more of this...
by
Patchen, Kenneth
...oying every tooth and claw
In the awfullest way you ever saw -
And, oh! how the gingham and calico flew!
(Don't fancy I exaggerate -
I got my news from the Chinese plate!)
Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
(The old Dutch clock it told me so,
And that is how I came...Read more of this...
by
Field, Eugene
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