Famous Occlusion Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Dream Song 79: Op. posth. no. 2

...ty
creating the air where are
& can be, only, heroes? Statues & rhymes
signal his fiery Passage, a mountainous sea,
the occlusion of a star:

anything afterward, of a high lament,
let too his giant faults appear, as sent
together with his virtues down
and let this day be his, throughout the town,
region & cosmos, lest he freeze our blood
with terrible returns....Read more of this...
by Berryman, John


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