Famous Aloneness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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the eyes that haunt me

by Rg Gregory
 there are eyes that refuse to exist
in the fresh air - they are invented
by the lies of paint or make their mark
in a memory that had a truth
to feed on but only by distortion

right now they sell a dream
i'd like to see the back of - they come
with a whole body rippling me apart
disturbing me with echoes of a...Read more of this...

Talking XX

by Kahlil Gibran
 And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking." 

And he answered, saying: 

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; 

And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. 

And in much of your talking, thinking is half...Read more of this...

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