Famous Untenable Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Untenable poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous untenable poems. These examples illustrate what a famous untenable poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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.... From such an
empyrean, aloof seraphic mentors urge us
to look down on all attachment,
on any bonding, as
in the end untenable. Base as it is, from
year to year the earth's sore surface
mends and rebinds itself, however
and as best it can, with
thread of cinquefoil, tendril of the magenta
beach pea, trammel of bramble; with easings,
mulchings, fragrances, the gray-green
bayberry's cool poultice—
and what can't finally be mended, the salt air
proceeds to buff and rarefy:...Read more of this...
by
Clampitt, Amy
...gh to run
By Speculation ceded
To Speculation's Son --
The Heaven, in which we hoped to pause
When Discipline was done
Untenable to Logic
But possibly the one --...Read more of this...
by
Dickinson, Emily
...Bear with the Lesser…
I dream of Shoji screens,
and when desire becomes
an overlaying itch,
the throbbing in my thumbs
untenable to stitch,
sleek, fitted, with the passion
of Shaka Zulu’s face,
reversed and fringe-of-fashion,
I put it on, in place
of achromatic egrets,
the vacant crystal ball.
Victoria has secrets.
I am her baby doll....Read more of this...
by
Reeser, Jennifer
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