Famous Unclasp Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Roxbury Garden

...the little girls,
And up the garden.
Two heads are thrust among the Canterbury bells,
Listening,
And fingers clasp and unclasp behind backs
In a strain of silence.
White bells,
Blue bells,
Hollow and reflexed.
Deep tunnels of blue and white dimness,
Cool wine-tunnels for bees.
There is a floundering and buzzing over Minna's head.
"Bend it down, Stella. Quick! Quick!"
The wide mouth of a blossom
Is pressed together in Minna's fingers.
The stem flies up, jiggling its flower-be...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy


Muse

...ird shedding gold feathers, 
each one a quill scraping my tympanum. 
You set a book to my ribs. 
Night after night I unclasp it 
at the mirror's edge 

alphabets flicker and soar. 
Write in the light 
of all the languages 
you know the earth contains, 
you murmur in my ear.
This is pure transport....Read more of this...
by Alexander, Meena

Pater Filio

...seduction? 
All the litanies e'er chaunted 
Shall not keep thy faith undaunted. 

I have pray'd the sainted Morning 
To unclasp her hands to hold thee; 
From resignful Eve's adorning 
Stol'n a robe of peace to enfold thee; 
With all charms of man's contriving 
Arm'd thee for thy lonely striving. 

Me too once unthinking Nature, 
—Whence Love's timeless mockery took me,— 
Fashion'd so divine a creature, 
Yea, and like a beast forsook me. 
I forgave, but tell the measure 
Of he...Read more of this...
by Bridges, Robert Seymour

The Cremona Violin

...to her, and those curls
Which lay entwined beneath the clustered pearls!
Again she tried to break the cord. It 
stood.
"Unclasp it, Theodore," she begged. But he
Refused, and being in a happy mood,
Twitted her with her inefficiency,
Then looking at her very seriously:
"I think, Charlotta, it is well to have
Always about one what a mother gave.
As she has taken the great pains to send
This jewel to you from Dresden, it will be
Ingratitude if you do not intend
To carry it about...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

The Joyous Malingerer

...Who is the happy husband? Why, indeed,
'Tis he who's useless in the time of need;
Who, asked to unclasp a bracelet or a neckless,
Contrives to be utterly futile, fumbling, feckless,
Or when a zipper nips his loved one's back
Cannot restore the zipper to its track.
Another time, not wishing to be flayed,
She will not use him as a lady's maid.

Stove-wise he's the perpetual backward learner
Who can't turn on or off the proper burner.
If faced with washin...Read more of this...
by Nash, Ogden


The Lady of the Lake

...n so far,
     His daughter's hand is deemed the spoil
     Of such dishonorable broil?'
     Sullen and slowly they unclasp,
     As struck with shame, their desperate grasp,
     And each upon his rival glared,
     With foot advanced and blade half bared.
     XXXV.

     Ere yet the brands aloft were flung,
     Margaret on Roderick's mantle hung,
     And Malcolm heard his Ellen's scream,
     As faltered through terrific dream.
     Then Roderick plunged in...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

The Morrow Of Grandeur

...of, and takes its flight 
 High into air again. 
 
 Nor smile, nor tear, nor haughtiest lord's command, 
 Avails t' unclasp the cold and closèd hand. 
 Thy voice to disenthrall, 
 Dumb phantom, shadow ever at our side! 
 Veiled spectre, journeying with us stride for stride, 
 Whom men "To-morrow" call. 
 
 Oh, to-morrow! who may dare 
 Its realities to scan? 
 God to-morrow brings to bear 
 What to-day is sown by man. 
 'Tis the lightning in its shroud, 
 'Tis ...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

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