Famous Street Sign Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Street Sign poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous street sign poems. These examples illustrate what a famous street sign poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Sexton, Anne
...am,
drilling into the marrow
of my entire bone,
my real dream,
I'm walking up and down Beacon Hill
searching for a street sign --
namely MERCY STREET.
Not there.
I try the Back Bay.
Not there.
Not there.
And yet I know the number.
45 Mercy Street.
I know the stained-glass window
of the foyer,
the three flights of the house
with its parquet floors.
I know the furniture and
mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
the servants....Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
...ete,
Placards round the concourse,
The Readymix factory’s
Dumb towers, the DIY yard
And ‘Beer Paradise’ board,
The street sign
‘Bridgewater Place’
Lying on its side.
17
Wallflowers
Lost and faded
Beige and sepia
Orange and maroon
Old-fashioned flowers
For a tired mind.
18
“Millionnaires of Leeds!
You are your brothers’ keepers.”
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Loidis in Elmete
Leeds upon Aire
The smell of molten tar
On a May morning...Read more of this...
by
Brautigan, Richard
...eached the town.
In the hair of the world, the street was very steep as you
went up into Ixtlan. There was a street sign that pointedback
down toward the cemetery, following every cobblestone with
loving care all the way.
We were still out of breath from the climb. The sign said
Calle de Eternidad. Pointing.
I was not always a world traveler, visiting exotic places
in Southern Mexico. Once I was just a kid working for anold
woman in the...Read more of this...
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