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Famous Dislocating Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...back of
the talk, the approaching

fears when I may
cease to be me, all

lost or rather lumped
here in a retrograded,

dislocating, imploding
self, a uselessness

talks, even if finally to no one,
talks and talks....Read more of this...
by Creeley, Robert



...t yet. You that are there 
Where I have painted you are safe enough, 
Though I see dragons. Verily, that was a fall— 
A dislocating fall, a blinding fall,
A fall indeed. But there are no bones broken; 
And even the teeth and eyes that I make out 
Among the shadows, intermittently, 
Show not so firm in their accoutrement 
Of terror-laden unreality
As you in your neglect of their performance,— 
Though for their season we must humor them 
For what they are: devils undoubtedly, 
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by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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