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Famous Toolbox Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Atwood, Margaret
...axes,
which kinds are good,
the many names of wood.

This is how to build
a house, a boat, a tent.
No use; the toolbox

refuses to reveal its verbs;
the rasp, the plane, the awl,
revert to sullen metal.

Do you recognize anything? I said.
Anything familiar?
Yes, you said. The bed.

Better to watch the stream
that flows across the floor
and is made of sunlight,

the forest made of shadows;
better to watch the fireplace
which is now a beach....Read more of this...



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