Famous Shortcut Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Shortcut poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous shortcut poems. These examples illustrate what a famous shortcut poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...we followed a
path up along the creek. Some boys from the school in Gela-
tao told us that up along the creek was the shortcut.
The creek was clear but a little milky, and as 1 remem-
ber the path was steep in places. We met people coming dowr
the path because it was really the shortcut. They were all
Indians carrying something.
Finally the path went away from the creek and we climbed
a hill and arrived at the cemetery. It was a very old ceme-
tery and kind of run ...Read more of this...
by
Brautigan, Richard
...Today, because I couldn't find the shortcut through,
I had to walk this town's entire inner
perimeter to find
where the medieval walls break open
in an eighteenth century
arch. The yellow valley flickered on and off
through cracks and the gaps
for guns. Bruna is teaching me
to cut a pattern.
Saturdays we buy the cloth.
She takes it in her hands
like a good idea, feeling
for texture, grain, th...Read more of this...
by
Graham, Jorie
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