Famous Headedness Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Captain Craig

...es
Could find in sending shadows to my room 
And swinging them like black rags on a line, 
That I, with a forlorn clear-headedness 
Was ekeing out probation. I had sinned 
In fearing to believe what I believed,
And I was paying for it.—Whimsical, 
You think,—factitious; but “there is no luck, 
No fate, no fortune for us, but the old 
Unswerving and inviolable price 
Gets paid: God sells himself eternally,
But never gives a crust,” my friend had said; 
And while I watched thos...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington


I Was Dead

...not
intoxicated enough
you don’t
fit the group i went and
got drunk
drunk enough
to overflow
with light-headedness love said
you are still
too clever
filled with
imagination and skepticism i went and
became gullible
and in fright
pulled away
from it all love said
you are a candle
attracting everyone
gathering every one
around you i am no more
a candle spreading light
i gather no more crowds
and li...Read more of this...
by Rumi, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad

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