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Famous New Image Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...w swift as with a fall of snow
New things grow hoary with the light.
We watch the wrinkles crawl like snakes
On the new image in our sight.
The lines that sprang up taut and bold
Sag like primordial monsters old,
Sink in the bas-reliers of fossil
And the slow earth swallows them, fold on fold,
But light are the feet on the hills of the morning
Of the lambs that leap up to the Bride of the Sun,
And swift are the birds as the butterflies flashing
And sudden as laughter ...Read more of this...
by Chesterton, G K



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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry