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Famous Listenings Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...es at my father's grief, 
And at the happy lovers heart in heart-- 
And out of hauntings of my spoken love, 
And lonely listenings to my muttered dream, 
And often feeling of the helpless hands, 
And wordless broodings on the wasted cheek-- 
From all a closer interest flourished up, 
Tenderness touch by touch, and last, to these, 
Love, like an Alpine harebell hung with tears 
By some cold morning glacier; frail at first 
And feeble, all unconscious of itself, 
But such as ga...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord



...wants? 

A master.



 Winter

Oh my beloved I speak of the absolute jewels.

Dwelling in place for example.

In fluted listenings.

In panting waters human-skinned to the horizon.

Muzzled the deep.

Fermenting the surface.

Wrecks left at the bottom, yes.

Space birdless. 

Light on it a woman on her knees-her having kneeled everywhere 
already.

God's laughter unquenchable.

Back there its river ripped into pieces, length gone, buried in parts, in 
sand.

Believe me I spea...Read more of this...
by Graham, Jorie

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