Famous Tear Down Poems by Famous Poets

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

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A Journey Through The Moonlight

by Russell Edson
 In sleep when an old man's body is no longer 
aware of his boundaries, and lies flattened by 
gravity like a mere of wax in its bed . . . It drips 
down to the floor and moves there like a tear down a 
cheek . . . Under the back door into the silver meadow, 
like a pool...Read more of this...

The March Of The Dead

by Robert William Service
 The cruel war was over -- oh, the triumph was so sweet!
 We watched the troops returning, through our tears;
There was triumph, triumph, triumph down the scarlet glittering street,
 And you scarce could hear the music for the cheers.
And you scarce could see the house-tops for the flags that flew between;
 The bells were pealing madly to the sky;
And...Read more of this...

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