An object poem....?

Question

Can someone give me an example of an object poem please? Thanks!

Answer 1

Search object poetry, plenty of examples....

Answer 2

I was so intrigued by your question I researched it. It seems that Gertrude Stein wrote object poetry; another example seems to be The Mirror by Sylvia Plath. If you search "object poem", "object-poem" or object poetry, there is some very interesting material. Thank you--I learned something new!

Answer 3

Here is one I wrote:

Sorting

In the bacon-colored
cedar closet, the rack.

Cordovan wing-tips,
patent leather dress,
plain-toed Army brogues
stand upright as soldiers --
under their dust, wax shines.
House slippers,
left one scuffed to rags,
right almost new,
do the best they can.
Slip-ons slouch,
stained from garden
weeds and soil.
A box waits for most,
carefully stacked full
as though it
mattered. “Take some,”
she says, “you wear the same
size as your dad. The rest are just going
to Saint Pat’s. Take some.”
A pair of cordovans joins
a suitcase overfilled with socks
and casual sweaters.

Next we sort the guns.

Answer 4

The cat,
sat on a hat,
just like that,
right where he was at.