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Famous Ricochet Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Lowell, Amy
...-sill, with the basket in her lap. And tap! She 
cracks a nut.
And tap! Another. Tap! Tap! Tap! The 
shells ricochet upon the roof,
and get into the gutters, and bounce over the edge and disappear.
"It is very *****," thinks Peter, "the basket was 
empty, I'm sure.
How could nuts appear from the atmosphere?"
The silver-blue moonlight makes the geraniums purple, 
and the roof glitters
like ice.

II
Five o'clock. The geraniums are very 
gay in their ...Read more of this...



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