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Famous Igniting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Atwood, Margaret
...and you're trapped in your overturned body
under a blanket or burning car,

and the red flame is seeping out of you
and igniting the tarmac beside you head
or else the floor, or else the pillow,
none of us is;
or else we all are....Read more of this...



by Plath, Sylvia
...eart blooms through her coat so astoundingly ----

A gift, a love gift
Utterly unasked for
By a sky

Palely and flamily
Igniting its carbon monoxides, by eyes
Dulled to a halt under bowlers.

O my God, what am I
That these late mouths should cry open
In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers....Read more of this...

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