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Famous Karen Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Gregory, Rg
...(an ascetic poem for karen's birthday)

fancy having a birthday on a thursday
when you do the buying of the doughnuts
and others lick their sticky fingers
thinking good old karen letting
us share the eating of her birthday

not me of course - i sit at home (alone)
reflecting it is purification day
today and i do not have a doughnut
thank you karen for letting me have
a taste of ...Read more of this...



by Taylor, Marilyn L
...edge of memory.
Soon, soon, the scythe will sweep for Jeanne
and Angela, Patricia and Diane—
pause, and return for Karen and Christine
while Susan spends a sleepless night again. 
 Ah, Debra, how can you be growing old? 
 Jennifer, Michelle, your hands are cold....Read more of this...

by Mansfield, Katherine
...(O little white feet of mine)
Out in the storm and the rain you fly;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Can the children hear my cry?

(O little white feet of mine)
Never a child in the whole great town;
(Red, red shoes the colour of wine)
Lights out and the blinds pulled down.

(O little white feet of mine)
Never a light on a window pane,
(Red, red s...Read more of this...

by Levine, Philip
...the boulevard ends and a dusty road 
winds its slow way out of town. On the third floor 
through the dusty windows Karen beholds 
the elegant couples walking arm in arm 
in the public park. It is Saturday afternoon, 
and she is waiting for a particular young man 
whose name I cannot now recall, if name 
he ever had. She runs the thumb of her left hand 
across her finger tips and feels the little tags 
of flesh the needle made that morning at work 
and wonders if ...Read more of this...

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