Famous Eraser Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Erasing Amyloo

by Russell Edson
 A father with a huge eraser erases his daughter. When he 
finishes there's only a red smudge on the wall.
 His wife says, where is Amyloo?
 She's a mistake, I erased her.
 What about all her lovely things? asks his wife.
 I'll erase them too.
 All her pretty clothes? . . .
 I'll erase her closet, her dresser--shut up...Read more of this...

Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)

by Anne Sexton
 Consider
a girl who keeps slipping off,
arms limp as old carrots,
into the hypnotist's trance,
into a spirit world
speaking with the gift of tongues.
She is stuck in the time machine,
suddenly two years old sucking her thumb,
as inward as a snail,
learning to talk again.
She's on a voyage.
She is swimming further and further back,
up like a salmon,
struggling into her mother's pocketbook.
Little doll child,
come here...Read more of this...

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