Famous Paula Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Paula

by Carl Sandburg
 NOTHING else in this song—only your face.
Nothing else here—only your drinking, night-gray eyes.

The pier runs into the lake straight as a rifle barrel.
I stand on the pier and sing how I know you mornings.
It is not your eyes, your face, I remember.
It is not your dancing, race-horse feet.
It is something else I remember you for on the pier mornings.

Your...Read more of this...

The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring

by Carl Sandburg
 (For Paula)THE GRIP of the ice is gone now.
The silvers chase purple.
The purples tag silver.
 They let out their runners
Here where summer says to the lilies:
 “Wish and be wistful,
Circle this wind-hunted, wind-sung water.”

Come along always, come along now.
You for me, kiss me, pull me by the ear.
Push me along with the wind push.
Sing like the whinnying wind.
Sing like...Read more of this...

June

by Carl Sandburg
 Paula is digging and shaping the loam of a salvia,
 Scarlet Chinese talker of summer.
Two petals of crabapple blossom blow fallen in Paula's
 hair,
 And fluff of white from a cottonwood....Read more of this...

Paula Becker to Clara Westhoff

by Adrienne Rich
 The autumn feels slowed down,
summer still holds on here, even the light
seems to last longer than it should
or maybe I'm using it to the thin edge.
The moon rolls in the air. I didn't want this child.
You're the only one I've told.
I want a child maybe, someday, but not now.
Otto has a calm, complacent way
of following me with his eyes,...Read more of this...

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