Famous Zagging Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Orion

by Adrienne Rich
 Far back when I went zig-zagging
through tamarack pastures
you were my genius, you
my cast-iron Viking, my helmed
lion-heart king in prison.
Years later now you're young

my fierce half-brother, staring
down from that simplified west
your breast open, your belt dragged down
by an oldfashioned thing, a sword
the last bravado you won't give over
though it weighs you down as you stride

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