Famous Medallions Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Ars Poetica

by Archibald MacLeish
 A poem should be palpable and mute
As a globed fruit,

Dumb
As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone
Of casement ledges where the moss has grown-- 

A poem should be wordless
As the flight of birds.

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A poem should be motionless in time 
As the moon climbs,

Leaving, as the moon releases
Twig by twig the night-entangled trees,

Leaving, as the moon behind...Read more of this...

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