Famous Inflate Poems by Famous Poets

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Her spirit rose to such a height

...Her spirit rose to such a height
Her countenance it did inflate
Like one that fed on awe.
More prudent to assault the dawn
Than merit the ethereal scorn
That effervesced from her....Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily


Inferno (English)

...ed 
 Falls idle. Fear not to continue past. 
 His power to us, however else it be, 
 Is not to hinder." Then, that bulk inflate 
 Confronting, - "Peace, thou greed! thy lusting rage 
 Consume thee inward! Not thy word we wait 
 The path to open. It is willed on high, - 
 There, where the Angel of the Sword ye know 
 Took ruin upon the proud adultery 
 Of him thou callest as thy prince." 

 Thereat 
 As sails, wind-rounded, when the mast gives way, 
 Sink tangled to the deck, ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Kinky

...w up doll, folded and stuffed
under the couch. He was defensive and ashamed, especially about 
not having the breath to inflate her. But after a round
of pretend-tears, Barbie and Ken vowed to try
to make their relationship work. With their good memories 
as sustaining as good food, they listened to late-night radio 
talk shows, one featuring Doctor Ruth. When all else fails,
just hold each other, the small sex therapist crooned. 
Barbie and Ken, on cue, groped in the dark, 
...Read more of this...
by Duhamel, Denise

Marriage And Feasts

...early pluck out both his eyes! 
 
 Oh! at the table there be all the great, 
 Whose lives are bubbles that best joys inflate! 
 Superb, magnificent of revels—doubt 
 That sagest lose their heads in such a rout! 
 In the long laughter, ceaseless roaming round, 
 Joy, mirth and glee give out a maelström's sound; 
 And the astonished gazer casts his care, 
 Where ev'ry eyeball glistens in the flare. 
 
 But oh! while yet the singing Hebes pour 
 Forgetfulness of thos...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

Poem of Joys

...re than the bloom of youth? 
What beauty is this that descends upon me, and rises out of me? 

O the orator’s joys! 
To inflate the chest—to roll the thunder of the voice out from the ribs and throat, 
To make the people rage, weep, hate, desire, with yourself,
To lead America—to quell America with a great tongue. 

O the joy of my soul leaning pois’d on itself—receiving identity through
 materials,
 and loving them—observing characters, and absorbing them; 
O my soul, vibrat...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


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