Famous Jabbing Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Jabbing poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous jabbing poems. These examples illustrate what a famous jabbing poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Lowell, Amy
...door;
The gas-lamp flickered away to a sputtering blue star,
And the keyhole went out with it.
Such a stabbing, and jabbing,
And sticking, and picking,
And poking, and pushing, and prying
With that key;
And there is no denying that Mr. Spruggins rapped out an oath or
two,
Rub-a-dub-dubbing them out to a real snare-drum roll.
But the door opened at last,
And Mr. Spruggins blew through it into his own hall
And slammed the door to so hard
That the knocker banged...Read more of this...
by
Gregory, Rg
...steals coat
ten bob note
leaps with glee
cracks knee
old tree stump
painful lump
limps to town
knocked down
world spins
jabbing pins
dark wins
vague voices
harsh noises
throbbing head
in bed
swaying forms
bees in swarms
sweet breath
not death
opens eyes
tries to rise
four police
won't release
mustn't curse
pretty nurse
sobs sighs
closes eyes
bones ache
thinks back
one pill
made him ill
bad stew
made him chew
date stone
this in turn
made him take
too much cake
all combined
wr...Read more of this...
by
Gregory, Rg
...ck sharp needles in his skin
hag's spite inflicts its bitter sting
frederick (provoked to attack
stung stabbed by jabbing spines
wincing with agony and grief) seeks to hack
a clear way through
picking swinging at
the spiky barricade inch by prickly inch
smarting with anger bristling with a thin
itch and tingling of success - acute
with aching glory the afflicted victim
of a witch's pique frederick
frederick the king snips hews chops
rips slashes c...Read more of this...
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