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Famous Hopscotch Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...y and go out alone.

You crossed the lobby and went out alone
through the square, where two red-headed girls played
hopscotch on a chalk grid, now in the shade,
of a broad-leafed plane tree, now in the sun.
The lively, lovely, widowed afternoon
disarmed, uncoupled, shuffled and disarrayed
itself; despite itself, dismayed
you with your certainties, your visa, gone
from your breast-pocket, or perhaps expired.
At the reception desk, no one inquired
if you'd be return...Read more of this...
by Hacker, Marilyn



...from somewhere. 
A thready, salt-sweet tune I don't know 
any of the words to. 
There's a gentle breeze making 
hopscotch with my hair. 

This is the wet blanket air of midnight. 
This is the incremental hour. 
This is the plastic placemat of time 
between reality and make-believe. 
This is tabletop dream time. 

This is that faint stain on your mattress, 
the one you'll discover come morning, 
and wonder how. 
This is the monumental moment.Read more of this...
by Zaran, Lisa
...me. But overnight the yellow bird
whistles had appeared
and I wanted one passionately. 
Watching big girls play hopscotch at curb’s edge 
or telling stories to V.J 
under the shiny leaves of privet hedge 
were pale pastimes compared to my desire 
Did I hector one of the privileged
warblers to tell us where they were acquired?

– the candy store on Tremont Avenue
Of course I don’t call her Gísela.
I call her Grandma.. "Grandma will buy it for you,"
– do...Read more of this...
by Hacker, Marilyn

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