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Famous Lynching Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by McKay, Claude 
...His Spirit in smoke ascended to high heaven. 
His father, by the cruelest way of pain, 
Had bidden him to his bosom once again; 
The awful sin remained still unforgiven. 
All night a bright and solitary star 
(Perchance the one that ever guided him, 
Yet gave him up at last to Fate's wild whim) 
Hung pitifully o'er the swinging char. 
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