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Famous Turnstile Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Collins, Billy
...erbird.
It Was Very Sad and Seemed To Be Saying
My Woman Is Cruel--Moved, I Wrote This Poem."

There is no iron turnstile to push against here
as with headings like "Vortex on a String,"
"The Horn of Neurosis," or whatever.
No confusingly inscribed welcome mat to puzzle over.

Instead, "I Walk Out on a Summer Morning
to the Sound of Birds and a Waterfall"
is a beaded curtain brushing over my shoulders.

And "Ten Days of Spring Rain Have Kept Me Indoors"
is...Read more of this...



by Tebb, Barry
...hand-stand

With such jouissance takes hold of me no more.



I watched a troupe of Keighley girls

Pass through a turnstile on their way

To clubs in Leeds last night.



One wore a veil tacked round with sequins

Like scruples on the hem: there is no beauty like that girl’s

Who’s naked feet touched heaven in their swirls.



Note: I use the word ‘scruples’ in its old sense i.e.a weight of 20 grains....Read more of this...

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