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

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Leaning Over Eros

by Reeser, Jennifer

...vulnerable to fact?

The wrinkles in her gown – a troubling grayness
amid chaste white – I see as always moved
by some upended breeze against their terrace;
his face I see as turned, not wholly proved,

his faith in her confirmed in that he sleeps.
She scorches one long finger on the flame.
It all takes place unerringly and fluid
as Psyche’s first defeat of Cupid’s aim.

And you are...somewhere. Never mind my grief.
It springs from sources bet...Read more of this...

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