Famous Mainline Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Mainline poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous mainline poems. These examples illustrate what a famous mainline poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Atwood, Margaret
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I wonder how many women
denied themselves daughters,
closed themselves in rooms,
drew the curtains
so they could mainline words.
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A child is not a poem,
a poem is not a child.
There is no either / or.
However.
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I return to the story
of the woman caught in the war
& in labour, her thighs tied
together by the enemy
so she could not give birth.
Ancestress: the burning witch,
her mouth covered by leather
to strangle words.
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