Famous Great Auk Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Great Auk poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous great auk poems. These examples illustrate what a famous great auk poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...ing came of all be sailed.
It's to say, "You and I—"
To such a ghost—
You and I
Off here
With the dead race of the Great Auk!"
And, "Better defeat almost,
If seen clear,
Than life's victories of doubt
That need endless talk-talk
To make them out."...Read more of this...
by
Frost, Robert
...urage knows.
Heroism is exhausting, yet
it contradicts a greed that did not wisely spare
the harmless solitaire
or great auk in its grandeur;
unsolicitude having swallowed up
all giant birds but an alert gargantuan
little-winged, magnificently speedy running-bird.
This one remaining rebel
is the sparrow-camel....Read more of this...
by
Moore, Marianne
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