Famous Streetlamp Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Rainwalkers

by Denise Levertov
 An old man whose black face
shines golden-brown as wet pebbles
under the streetlamp, is walking two mongrel dogs of dis-
proportionate size, in the rain,
in the relaxed early-evening avenue.

The small sleek one wants to stop,
docile to the imploring soul of the trashbasket,
but the young tall curly one
wants to walk on; the glistening sidewalkentices him to arcane happenings.

Increasing rain. The old bareheaded...Read more of this...

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