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Famous Kiri Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...would have me swallow the entire sun
 like an enormous oyster, down
the ocean in one gulp: you say a mark
of comet hara-kiri through the dark
 should inflame the sleeping town. 

So kiss: the drunks upon the curb and dames
in dubious doorways forget their monday names,
 caper with candles in their heads;
the leaves applaud, and santa claus flies in
scattering candy from a zeppelin,
 playing his prodigal charades. 

The moon leans down to took; the tilting fish
in the rare riv...Read more of this...
by Plath, Sylvia



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