Famous Scuffing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Curse Against Elegies

by Anne Sexton
 Oh, love, why do we argue like this?
I am tired of all your pious talk.
Also, I am tired of all the dead.
They refuse to listen,
so leave them alone.
Take your foot out of the graveyard,
they are busy being dead.

Everyone was always to blame:
the last empty fifth of booze,
the rusty nails and chicken feathers
that stuck in the mud on the back...Read more of this...

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