Famous Unhealing Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Futility

by Claude McKay
 Oh, I have tried to laugh the pain away, 
Let new flames brush my love-springs like a feather. 
But the old fever seizes me to-day, 
As sickness grips a soul in wretched weather. 
I have given up myself to every urge, 
With not a care of precious powers spent, 
Have bared my body to the strangest scourge, 
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