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Famous Running Back Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Sandburg, Carl
...skulls and lungs are more water than bone and
 tissue
And all poets love dust and mist because all the last
 answers
Go running back to dust and mist....Read more of this...



by Brautigan, Richard
...care of, years

in advance.

 "It would still be dark outside and the yellow wallpaper in

the hotel room would be running back off the light bulb. I'd

put my clothes on and go down to the restaurant where my

stepfather cooked all night.

 "I'd have breakfast, hot cakes, eggs and whatnot. Then

he'd make my lunch for me and it would always be the same

thing: a piece of pie and a stone-cold pork sandwich. After-

wards I'd walk to school. I mean the...Read more of this...

by Simic, Charles
...e treetops like charred paper edges,
Even the insects oddly reclusive
While I strained to hear a splash,
Or glimpse her running back to her clothes . . .

And when I did not; I just sat there.
The rare rush of wind in the leaves
Still fooling me now and then,
Until the chill made me go in....Read more of this...

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