Famous Penne Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Penne poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous penne poems. These examples illustrate what a famous penne poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...k blue pinafore, white blouse.
A pencil box in hand: girl, book, tree—
those were the words you gave me.
Girl was penne, hair drawn back,
gleaming on the scalp,
the self in a mirror in a rosewood room
the sky at monsoon time, pearl slits
In cloud cover, a jagged music pours:
gash of sense, raw covenant
clasped still in a gold bound book,
pusthakam pages parted,
ink rubbed with mist,
a bird might have dreamt its shadow there
spreading fire in a tree m...Read more of this...
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Alexander, Meena
...pi? l'uccel di Dio
ne lo stremo d'Europa si ritenne,
vicino a' monti de' quai prima usc?o;
e sotto l'ombra de le sacre penne
govern? 'l mondo l? di mano in mano,
e, s? cangiando, in su la mia pervenne.
Cesare fui e son Iustiniano,
che, per voler del primo amor ch'i' sento,
d'entro le leggi trassi il troppo e 'l vano.
E prima ch'io a l'ovra fossi attento,
una natura in Cristo esser, non pi?e,
credea, e di tal fede era contento;
ma 'l benedetto Agapito, che fue
sommo pastor...Read more of this...
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Alighieri, Dante
...not do thee right?
Of all the creatures both in sea and land
Onely to Man thou hast made known thy wayes,
And put the penne alone into his hand,
And made him Secretarie of thy praise.
Beasts fain would sing; birds dittie to their notes;
Trees would be tuning on their native lute
To thy renown: but all their hands and throats
Are brought to Man, while they are lame and mute.
Man is the worlds high Priest: he doth present
The sacrifice for all; while they below
Unto the se...Read more of this...
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Herbert, George
...né altro velo
che l'ali sue, tra liti sì lontani.
Vedi come l'ha dritte verso 'l cielo,
trattando l'aere con l'etterne penne,
che non si mutan come mortal pelo».
Poi, come più e più verso noi venne
l'uccel divino, più chiaro appariva:
per che l'occhio da presso nol sostenne,
ma chinail giuso; e quei sen venne a riva
con un vasello snelletto e leggero,
tanto che l'acqua nulla ne 'nghiottiva.
Da poppa stava il celestial nocchiero,
tal che faria beato pur descripto;
e più di...Read more of this...
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Alighieri, Dante
...out of his lady grace,
And on hir wheel she sette up Diomede;
For which right now myn herte ginneth blede,
And now my penne, allas! With which I wryte,
Quaketh for drede of that I moot endyte.
For how Criseyde Troilus forsook,
Or at the leste, how that she was unkinde,
Mot hennes-forth ben matere of my book,
As wryten folk through which it is in minde.
Allas! That they sholde ever cause finde
To speke hir harm; and if they on hir lye,
Y-wis, hem-self sholde han the vilan...Read more of this...
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
...as fayre
As yourselfe when you appeare:
May the Letters which you write
Looke like black eye-lids on white.
May your penne such fancies bring
As one new puld from Cupid's wing:
That your paper, hand, and seale
His favour, heart, and Soule may steale....Read more of this...
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Strode, William
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