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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?

...palate
Thou could'st not goad so long --

I tell thee while I waited --
The mystery of Food
Increased till I abjured it
Subsisting now like God --...Read more of this...

by Dickinson, Emily

We met as Sparks -- Diverging Flints

...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 --
But for that single Spark....Read more of this...

by Dickinson, Emily

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