Famous Koko Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Koko poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous koko poems. These examples illustrate what a famous koko poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...ould proclaim
this year as the year of Olive Oyl, who
is also an 00, but with letters instead of numbers.
I was in the Koko fan club for a while since I love gorillas,
but then I moved around so much, the newsletters
and requests for money stopped coming.
I wonder if Ai the poet is happy she shares a name
with a gifted chimp. To me, the most amazing thing
about Ai the poet is she hardly ever
writes an "I" poem about herself.
She crawls into the hearts
of the cruelest men and...Read more of this...
by
Duhamel, Denise
...It is for thy sake
That I seek the fields in spring,
Gathering green herbs,
While my garment's hanging sleeves
Are with falling snow beflecked....Read more of this...
by
Hyakunin Isshu, Ogura
...g, cowering with the shadows.
Was it the wind above the smoke-flue,
Muttering down into the wigwam?
Was it the owl, the Koko-koho,
Hooting from the dismal forest?
Sure a voice said in the silence:
"These are corpses clad in garments,
These are ghosts that come to haunt you,
From the kingdom of Ponemah,
From the land of the Hereafter!"
Homeward now came Hiawatha
From his hunting in the forest,
With the snow upon his tresses,
And the red deer on his shoulders.
At the feet of La...Read more of this...
by
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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