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

Smoke

by Erica Jong

 Can you imagine the air filled with smoke?
It was. The city was vanishing before noon
or was it earlier than that? I can't say because
the light came from nowhere and went nowhere. 
This was years ago, before you were born, before
your parents met in a bus station downtown.
She'd come on Friday after work all the way
from Toledo, and he'd dressed...Read more of this...

Form: Free verse

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