Famous Off The Hook Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Off The Hook poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous off the hook poems. These examples illustrate what a famous off the hook poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...ened all his eyes,
and burning thumbs into his ears, and shook
his hand like a notch.
They flung long silent speeches. (Off the hook!)
They sandpapered his plumpest hope. (So capsize.)
They took away his crotch....Read more of this...
by
Berryman, John
...The white men played all sorts of jokes on me.
They took big fish off my hook
And put little ones on, while I was away
Getting a stringer, and made me believe
I hadn't seen aright the fish I had caught.
When Burr Robbins circus came to town
They got the ring master to let a tame leopard
Into the ring, and made me believe
I was whipping a wild beast like Sa...Read more of this...
by
Masters, Edgar Lee
...on,
leaving the bread they mistook for a kiss,
leaving the page of a book carelessly open,
something unsaid, the phone off the hook
and the love, whatever it was, an infection....Read more of this...
by
Sexton, Anne
...,
leaving the bread they mistook for a kiss,
leaving the page of the book carelessly open,
something unsaid, the phone off the hook
and the love, whatever it was, an infection....Read more of this...
by
Sexton, Anne
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