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Famous Mosaics Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lowell, Amy
...w to sword-hilt,
The leaf falls.
The shadows mingle,
Blur together,
Slide along the wall and disappear.
Gold of mosaics and candles,
And night blackness lurking in the ceiling beams.
Saint Mark's glitters with flames and reflections.
A cloak brushes aside,
And the yellow of satin
Licks out over the coloured inlays of the pavement.
Under the gold crucifixes
There is a meeting of hands
Reaching from black mantles.
Sighing embraces, bold investigations,
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by Tebb, Barry
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And when I was younger

Auntie Nellie took me

Once a week to Leeds

For sweets in the County

Arcade paved with mosaics

Like a Roman forum, the shop

That sold penny rolls of

Swizzles in rainbow colours

Was always our first call

And our last was milk and

Angel cake at Marks and Sparks.

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Behind the streets

Lay the cooper’s yard

The drays of empty barrels

Coming and going all day



At dusk there was quiet

In the streets, the gas-lamps

Flickered and ...Read more of this...

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