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Famous Lost And Found Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...staircase of the canyon. Then I went up into it as if

I were entering a department store. I caught three trout in

the lost and found department. He didn't even put his tackle

together. He just followed after me, drinking port wine and

poking a stick at the world.

 "This is a beautiful creek, " he said. "It reminds me of

Evangeline's hearing aid. "

 We ended up at a large pool that was formed by the creek

crashing through the children's toy section. At the beginning

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by Brautigan, Richard



...And the fading daylight

That still gives me a shudder
As if I held the key to mysteries in my hand.



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Where's the Lost and Found Department,
And the quiet entry,
The undeveloped film
Of the few clear moments
Of our blurred lives?

Where's the drop of blood
And the teeny nail
That pricked my finger
As I bent down to touch the toy

And caught its eye?



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Evening light,

Make me a Sunday
Go-to meeting shadow
For my toy.

My dearest memories are
Steep stair-wells
In dus...Read more of this...
by Simic, Charles
...ht, then gone. A red moon
Seen through clouds, or almost seen.

Treasure found but lost, flirting between
The worlds of lost and found. An unjust law
Repealed, a wish come true, a lifelong
Sadness healed. Haven, in the mind,

To anyone hurt by littleness. A prayer
For the moment, saved; treachery forgiven.
Flame of the crackle-glaze tangle, amber
Reflected in grey milk-jade. An old song
Remembered, long debt paid.
A painting on silk, which may fade....Read more of this...
by Padel, Ruth

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