Famous Dry Mouth Poems by Famous Poets

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

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R.t.s.l. (1917-1977)

by Derek Walcott
 As for that other thing
which comes when the eyelid is glazed
and the wax gleam
from the unwrinkled forehead
asks no more questions
of the dry mouth,

whether they open the heart like a shirt
to release a rage of swallows,
whether the brain
is a library for worms,
on the instant of that knowledge
of the moment
when everything became so stiff,

so formal with ironical adieux,
organ and choir,
and I...Read more of this...

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