Famous Improbable Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Spring Beauties

by Ruth Stone
The abandoned campus,
empty brick buildings and early June
when you came to visit me;
crossing the states midway,
the straggled belts of little roads;
hitchhiking with your portable typewriter.
The campus, an academy of trees,
under which some hand, the wind's I guess,
had scattered the pale light
of thousands of spring beauties,
petals stained with pink veins;
secret, blooming for themselves.
We sat among them.
Your long fingers, thin body,
and long...Read more of this...

On the Cliffs Newport

by Alan Seeger
 Tonight a shimmer of gold lies mantled o'er 
Smooth lovely Ocean. Through the lustrous gloom 
A savor steals from linden trees in bloom 
And gardens ranged at many a palace door. 
Proud walls rise here, and, where the moonbeams pour 
Their pale enchantment down the dim coast-line, 
Terrace and lawn, trim hedge and flowering vine, 
Crown with fair culture...Read more of this...

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