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Famous Obfuscating Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Henry James in the Heart of the City

...on our terrace in New York City.

Nothing would surprise him.
The beast in the jungle was what he saw--
Edith Wharton's obfuscating older brother. . .

He fled the demons
of Manhattan
for fear they would devour
his inner ones
(the ones who wrote the books)
& silence the stifled screams
of his protagonists.

To Europe
like a wandering Jew--
WASP that he was--
but with the Jew's
outsider's hunger. . .

face pressed up
to the glass of sex
refusing every passion
but the passion t...Read more of this...

by Jong, Erica

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