Famous Opiates Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Poppies In July

by Sylvia Plath
 Little poppies, little hell flames,
Do you do no harm?

You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns

And it exhausts me to watch you
Flickering like that, wrinkly and clear red, like the skin of a mouth.

A mouth just bloodied.
Little bloody skirts!

There are fumes I cannot touch.
Where are your opiates, your nauseous capsules?

If I could bleed,...Read more of this...

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