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Famous Shutdown Poems by Famous Poets

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

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INSPIRATION FROM A VISITATION OF MY MUSE

by Tebb, Barry

...ight

Consumed him.

Gruff but kind was my impression:

He would take me for walks

Along abandoned railways to the shutdown

Pipeworks where my three uncles

Worked their early manhood through.

It would have delighted Auden and perhaps

That was the bridge between us

Though we were of different generations

And by the time I began to write he had died.

All are gone except some few who may live still

But in their dotage.After my mother’s funeral

None want...Read more of this...

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