Famous Mira Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Inferno (Italian)

...el pelago a la riva

si volge a l'acqua perigliosa e guata,

 cos? l'animo mio, ch'ancor fuggiva,

si volse a retro a rimirar lo passo

che non lasci? gi? mai persona viva.

 Poi ch'?i posato un poco il corpo lasso,

ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,

s? che 'l pi? fermo sempre era 'l pi? basso.

 Ed ecco, quasi al cominciar de l'erta,

una lonza leggera e presta molto,

che di pel macolato era coverta;

 e non mi si partia dinanzi al volto,

anzi 'mpediva tanto il mio camm...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante


It Rained The Day They Buried Tito Puente

...ally assaulted those women 
at Central Park 
during the Puerto Rican Day parade 
lost in their machismo, 
marijuana and Mira mami’s
‘cause boricuas do it better


Tito’s rambunctious and unruly rhythms never touched them 
never inspired them to rise above the ghetto 
and, like La Bruja said, “Ghet Over It!”
his timbales never echoed 
in the salsa of their souls
though they had probably danced 
to his cha-cha-cha
they never listened to the message 
between the beats
urging the...Read more of this...
by Xavier, Emanuel

Mi Musa Triste (My Sad Muse)

...acechan.Las flores se abren más, como asombradas.Los cisnes de marfil tienden los cuellosEn las lagunas pálidas.Selene mira del azul. Las frondasTiemblan… y todo! hasta el silencio, calla…Es que ella pasa con su boca tristeY el gran misterio de sus ojos de ámbar,A través de la noche, hacia el olvido,Como una estrella fugitiva y blanca.Como una destronada reina exóticaDe bellos gestos y palabras raras.Horizontes violados sus ojerasDentro sus ojos–dos estrellas de ámbar–Se abr...Read more of this...
by Agustini, Delmira

Paradiso (Italian)

...stito
per le sorrise parolette brevi,
dentro ad un nuovo pi? fu' inretito,
 e dissi: «Gi? contento requievi
di grande ammirazion; ma ora ammiro
com'io trascenda questi corpi levi».
 Ond'ella, appresso d'un pio sospiro,
li occhi drizz? ver' me con quel sembiante
che madre fa sovra figlio deliro,
 e cominci?: «Le cose tutte quante
hanno ordine tra loro, e questo ? forma
che l'universo a Dio fa simigliante.
 Qui veggion l'alte creature l'orma
de l'etterno valore, il qual ? fine
...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Preciosa Y El Aire

...tocando viene.
Al verla se ha levantado
el viento que nunca duerme.
San Cristobal?n desnudo,
lleno de lenguas celestes,
mira a la ni?a tocando
una dulce gaita ausente.

 Ni?a, deja que levante
tu vestido para verte.
Abre en mi dedos antiguos
la rosa azul de tu vientre.

 Preciosa tira el pandero
y corre sin detenerse.
El viento-hombr?n la persigue
con una espada caliente.

 Frunce su rumor el mar.
Los olivos palidecen.
Cantan las flautas de umbr?a
y el liso gong de la nieve.
...Read more of this...
by García Lorca, Federico


Purgatorio (Italian)

...fuor ch'a la prima gente.
 Goder pareva 'l ciel di lor fiammelle:
oh settentrional vedovo sito,
poi che privato se' di mirar quelle!
 Com'io da loro sguardo fui partito,
un poco me volgendo a l 'altro polo,
là onde il Carro già era sparito,
 vidi presso di me un veglio solo,
degno di tanta reverenza in vista,
che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.
 Lunga la barba e di pel bianco mista
portava, a' suoi capelli simigliante,
de' quai cadeva al petto doppia lista.
 Li raggi de...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Romance De La Luna

...La luna vino a la fragua
con su polis?n de nardos.
El ni?o la mira mira.
El ni?o la est? mirando.
En el aire conmovido
mueve la luna sus brazos
y ense?a, l?brica y pura,
sus senos de duro esta?o.
Huye luna, luna, luna.
Si vinieran los gitanos,
har?an con tu coraz?n
collares y anillos blancos.
Ni?o, d?jame que baile.
Cuando vengan los gitanos,
te encontrar?n sobre el yunque
con los ojillos cerrados.

Huye luna, luna, lu...Read more of this...
by García Lorca, Federico

Sonnet CCIV

...SONNET CCIV. Mira quel colle, o stanco mio cor vago. HE BIDS HIS HEART RETURN TO LAURA, NOT PERCEIVING THAT IT HAD NEVER LEFT HER.  P. Look on that hill, my fond but harass'd heart!Yestreen we left her there, who 'gan to takeSome ...Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

The Appology

...gh the Groves a wand'ring Muse
And fain'd Idea's for my pleasures chuse
Why shou'd it in my Pen be held a fault 
Whilst Mira paints her face, to paint a thought
Whilst Lamia to the manly Bumper flys
And borrow'd Spiritts sparkle in her Eyes
Why shou'd itt be in me a thing so vain
To heat with Poetry my colder Brain?
But I write ill and there-fore shou'd forbear
Does Flavia cease now at her fortieth year
In ev'ry Place to lett that face be seen
Which all the Town rejected at f...Read more of this...
by Finch, Anne Kingsmill

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