Famous Not A Poem Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Not A Poem poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous not a poem poems. These examples illustrate what a famous not a poem poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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from the Ansty Experience

by Rg Gregory
 (a)
they seek to celebrate the word
not to bring their knives out on a poem
dissecting it to find a heart
whose beat lies naked on a table
not to score in triumph on a line
no sensitive would put a nostril to
but simply to receive it as an
offering glimpsing the sacred there

poem probes the poet's once-intention
but each time said budges its truth
afresh (leaving...Read more of this...

Spelling

by Margaret Atwood
 My daughter plays on the floor
with plastic letters,
red, blue & hard yellow,
learning how to spell,
spelling,
how to make spells.

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I wonder how many women
denied themselves daughters,
closed themselves in rooms,
drew the curtains
so they could mainline words.

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A child is not a poem,
a poem is not a child.
There is no either / or.
However.

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I return to the story
of the woman caught in...Read more of this...

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