Famous Hurtles Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Hurtles poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous hurtles poems. These examples illustrate what a famous hurtles poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lowell, Amy
... They jibe
at the eagle
and his scorching sword.
One! Two! -- One! Two! --
clump the heavy boots. The cry hurtles
against the sky.
Each man pulls his belt a little tighter, and shifts
his gun
to make it lighter. Each man thinks of a woman, and slaps
out a curse
at the eagle. The sword jumps in the hot sky, and the
worm crawls on
to the battle, stubbornly.
This is the war of wars, from eye to tail the serpent
has one cause:
PEACE!...Read more of this...
by
Gray, Thomas
...Now the storm begins to lower,
(Haste, the loom of Hell prepares!)
Iron-sleet of arrowy shower
Hurtles in the darkened air.
Glittering lances are the loom,
Where the dusky warp we strain,
Weaving many a soldier's doom,
Orkney's woe and Randver's bane.
See the grisly texture grow,
('Tis of human entrails made!)
And the weights that play below,
Each a gasping warrior's head.
Shafts for shuttles, dipped in gore,
Shoot the trembling cord...Read more of this...
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