Famous Subsisting Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Art thou the thing I wanted?

by Emily Dickinson
 Art thou the thing I wanted?
Begone -- my Tooth has grown --
Supply the minor Palate
That has not starved so long --
I tell thee while I waited
The mystery of Food
Increased till I abjured it
And dine without Like God --

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Art thou the thing I wanted?
Begone -- my Tooth has grown --
Affront a minor palate
Thou could'st not goad so long --

I tell...Read more of this...

We met as Sparks -- Diverging Flints

by Emily Dickinson
 We met as Sparks -- Diverging Flints
Sent various -- scattered ways --
We parted as the Central Flint
Were cloven with an Adze --
Subsisting on the Light We bore
Before We felt the Dark --
A Flint unto this Day -- perhaps --
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