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Famous Scheherazade Poems by Famous Poets

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

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by Simic, Charles
...t
Which they were about to
Make known to me--
And then didn't.

Summer came. Each tree
On my street had its own
Scheherazade. My nights
Were a part of their wild

Storytelling. We were
Entering dark houses,
Always more dark houses,
Hushed and abandoned.

There was someone with eyes closed
On the upper floors.
The fear of it, and the wonder,
Kept me sleepless.

The truth is bald and cold,
Said the woman
Who always wore white.
She didn't leave he...Read more of this...



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