Famous Glossing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Comete

by Les Murray
 Uphill in Melbourne on a beautiful day
a woman is walking ahead of her hair.
Like teak oiled soft to fracture and sway
it hung to her heels and seconded her
as a pencilled retinue, an unscrolling title
to ploughland, edged with ripe rows of dress,
a sheathed wing that couldn't fly her at all,
only itself, loosely, and her spirits.
 A largesse 
of life and...Read more of this...

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