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Famous Understory Poems by Famous Poets

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

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down and you're into it; a
wilderness swallows you up:
ankle-, then knee-, then midriff-
to-shoulder-deep in wetfooted
understory, an overhead
spruce-tamarack horizon hinting
you'll never get out of here.
 But the sun
among the sundews, down there,
is so bright, an underfoot
webwork of carnivorous rubies,
a star-swarm thick as the gnats
they're set to catch, delectable
double-faced cockleburs, each
hair-tip a sticky mirror
afire with sunlight, a million
of them and again a m...Read more of this...
by Clampitt, Amy



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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry