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Famous Flashings Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lowell, Amy
...trained eyes.
His yellow turban and black skin
Are gorgeous -- barbaric.
The yellow satin dress with its silver flashings
Lies on a chair
Beside a black mantle and a black mask.
Yellow and black,
Gorgeous -- barbaric.
The lady reads her letter,
And the leaves drift slowly
Past the long windows.
"How silly you look, my dear Abate,
With that great brown leaf in your wig.
Pluck it off, I beg you,
Or I shall die of laughing."
A yellow wall
Aflare in th...Read more of this...



by Finch, Anne Kingsmill
...to plunge, and alone to expire, 
Some Reflection on Death, and its Terrors untry'd, 
Some Scorn for the Shepherd, some Flashings of Pride 
At length pull'd her back, and she cry'd, Why this Strife, 
Since the Swains are so Many, and I've but One Life?...Read more of this...

by Aiken, Conrad
...woven web of fire—
She wore it, and was warm.
A certain hurried glance, let fall at parting,
Became, with time, the flashings of a storm.

Yet, there was nothing asked, no hint to tell you
Of secret idols carved in secret chambers
From all you did and said.
Nothing was done, until at last she knew you.
Nothing was known, till, somehow, she was dead.

How did she die?—You say, she died of poison.
Simple and swift. And much to be regretted.
You d...Read more of this...

by Aiken, Conrad
...woven web of fire—
She wore it, and was warm.
A certain hurried glance, let fall at parting,
Became, with time, the flashings of a storm.

Yet, there was nothing asked, no hint to tell you
Of secret idols carved in secret chambers
From all you did and said.
Nothing was done, until at last she knew you.
Nothing was known, till, somehow, she was dead.

How did she die?—You say, she died of poison.
Simple and swift. And much to be regretted.
You d...Read more of this...

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