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Famous Helium Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Ai,
...say, young girls in a circle, holding hands,
and beginning to rise heavenward
in their confirmation dresses,
like white helium balloons,
the wreathes of flowers on their heads spinning,
and above all that,
that's where I'm floating,
and that's what it's like
only ten times clearer,
ten times more horrible.
Could anyone alive survive it?...Read more of this...



by Atwood, Margaret
...low.
When you breathe in you’ll lift like a balloon
and your heart is light too & huge,
beating with pure joy, pure helium.
The sun’s white winds blow through you,
there’s nothing above you,
you see the earth now as an oval jewel,
radiant & seablue with love.
It’s only in dreams you can do this.
Waking, your heart is a shaken fist,
a fine dust clogs the air you breathe in;
the sun’s a hot copper weight pressing straight
down on the think pink rind of your skul...Read more of this...

by Bishop, Elizabeth
...ur business affectionately,
dragging in the streets their unique loves.
 Scourge them with roses only,
 be light as helium,

for always to one, or several, morning comes
whose head has fallen over the edge of his bed,
 whose face is turned
 so that the image of

the city grows down into his open eyes
inverted and distorted. No. I mean
 distorted and revealed,
 if he sees it at all....Read more of this...

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