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Famous Tankers Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...thers went foraging 
and left me with the Captain, locked up 
in the head and sober. Two days passed, 
I counted eighty tankers pulling 
through the flat lake waters on their way, 
I counted blackbirds gathering at dusk 
in the low trees, clustered like bees. 
I counted the hours from noon to noon 
and got nowhere. At last the Captain slept. 
I banked the fire, raised anchor, cast off, 
and jumping ship left her drifting out 
on the black bay. I walked seven miles 
to the Int...Read more of this...
by Levine, Philip



...obil gas tank cranks, rumbles 

Chrysler engines 

shoots thru Texaco pipelines 

blackens ocean from broken Gulf tankers 
spills onto Santa Barbara beaches from 

Standard of California derricks offshore. 

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by Ginsberg, Allen

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