Famous Crematory Poems by Famous Poets

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

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The Death King

by Anne Sexton
 I hired a carpenter
to build my coffin
and last night I lay in it,
braced by a pillow,
sniffing the wood,
letting the old king
breathe on me,
thinking of my poor murdered body,
murdered by time,
waiting to turn stiff as a field marshal,
letting the silence dishonor me,
remembering that I'll never cough again.

Death will be the end of fear
and the fear of dying,
fear like a dog...Read more of this...

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