Famous Kiss Of Death Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Athor and Asar

by Aleister Crowley
 [Dedicated to Frank Harris, editor of Vanity Fair]

On the black night, beneath the winter moon,
I clothed me in the limbs of Codia,
Swooning my soul out into her red throat,
So that the glimmer of our skins, the tune
Og our ripe rythm, seemed the hideous play
Of death-worms crawling on a corpse,afloat
With life that takes its thirst
Only from things accurst.

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