Famous Fistfuls Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Gacela of the Dark Death

by Federico García Lorca
 I want to sleep the dream of the apples,
to withdraw from the tumult of cemetries.
I want to sleep the dream of that child
who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas.

I don't want to hear again that the dead do not lose their blood,
that the putrid mouth goes on asking for water.
I don't want to learn of the...Read more of this...

Little Exercise

by Elizabeth Bishop
 Think of the storm roaming the sky uneasily
like a dog looking for a place to sleep in,
listen to it growling. 

Think how they must look now, the mangrove keys
lying out there unresponsive to the lightning
in dark, coarse-fibred families, 

where occasionally a heron may undo his head,
shake up his feathers, make an uncertain comment
when the surrounding water shines. 

Think of...Read more of this...

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