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Famous Nameplate Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Sexton, Anne
...,
the delicate wrists,
the beard drooling blood and vinegar;
hooked to your own weight,
jolting toward death under your nameplate.

Everyone in this crowd needs a bath.
I am dressed in rags.
The mother wears blue.
You grind your teeth
and with each new breath
your jaws gape and your diaper sags.
I am not to blame
for all this. I do not know your name.

Skinny man, you are somebody's fault.
You ride on dark poles --
a wooden bird that a trader b...Read more of this...



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