Famous Gallo Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Gallo poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous gallo poems. These examples illustrate what a famous gallo poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...less
to know which to salvage. Instead
I keep a lookout for beach glass—
amber of Budweiser, chrysoprase
of Almadén and Gallo, lapis
by way of (no getting around it,
I'm afraid) Phillips'
Milk of Magnesia, with now and then a rare
translucent turquoise or blurred amethyst
of no known origin.
The process
goes on forever: they came from sand,
they go back to gravel,
along with treasuries
of Murano, the buttressed
astonishments of Chartres,
which even now are readying
for bein...Read more of this...
by
Clampitt, Amy
...he's on
her father's payroll in New York.
What we eat is funny and what we drink is even more hilar-
ious: turkeys, Gallo port, hot dogs, watermelons, Popeyes,
salmon croquettes, frappes, Christian Brothers port, orange
rye bread, canteloupes, Popeyes, salads, cheese--booze,
grub and Popeyes.
Popeyes?
We read books like The Thief's Journal, Set This House
on Fire The Naked Lunch, Krafft-Ebing. We read Krafft-
Ebing aloud all the time as if he were Kraft dinner.
...Read more of this...
by
Brautigan, Richard
...hio o 'l tatto spesso non l'accende.
Non le farà sì bella sepultura
la vipera che Melanesi accampa,
com'avria fatto il gallo di Gallura».
Così dicea, segnato de la stampa,
nel suo aspetto, di quel dritto zelo
che misuratamente in core avvampa.
Li occhi miei ghiotti andavan pur al cielo,
pur là dove le stelle son più tarde,
sì come rota più presso a lo stelo.
E 'l duca mio: «Figliuol, che là sù guarde?».
E io a lui: «A quelle tre facelle
di che 'l polo di qua tutto quanto ...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
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