Famous Orgiastic Poems by Famous Poets

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

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King of the River

by Stanley Kunitz
 If the water were clear enough,
if the water were still,
but the water is not clear,
the water is not still,
you would see yourself,
slipped out of your skin,
nosing upstream,
slapping, thrashing,
tumbling
over the rocks
till you paint them
with your belly's blood:
Finned Ego,
yard of muscle that coils,
uncoils.
If the knowledge were given you,
but it is not given,
for the membrane is clouded
with self-deceptions
and the iridescent image swims
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