Famous Reacting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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In The Beginning

by Rainer Maria Rilke
 Ever since those wondrous days of Creation
our Lord God sleeps: we are His sleep.
And He accepted this in His indulgence,
resigned to rest among the distant stars.

Our actions stopped Him from reacting,
for His fist-tight hand is numbed by sleep,
and the times brought in the age of heroes
during which our dark hearts plundered Him.

Sometimes He appears as if tormented,
and His body...Read more of this...

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