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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