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Famous Overslept Poems by Famous Poets

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

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...d a five-year diary that my mother kept 
for three years, telling all she does not say 
of your alcoholic tendency. You overslept, 
she writes. My God, father, each Christmas Day 
with your blood, will I drink down your glass 
of wine? The diary of your hurly-burly years 
goes to my shelf to wait for my age to pass. 
Only in this hoarded span will love persevere. 
Whether you are pretty or not, I outlive you, 
bend down my strange face to yours and forgive you....Read more of this...
by Sexton, Anne



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