Famous Lower Jaw Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Gauguin In The South Seas

by Barry Tebb
 They have my own fear of the dark,

Tupapau - spirits of the dead they call it;

Returning late with oil I found fear of it

Had spread my vabine naked on the bed.



Manao-Taipapau means ‘she thinks of the spectre’

Or ‘the spectre is thinking of her’, either way

She is afraid; I marvel at a tongue so readily ambiguous,

Lying across her forked thigh.



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