Does anyone know a poem about domestic violence that is written by a famous poet?
Second Edit: SHORT STORY You added short stories about domestic violence, and these came to mind (the first had an Alfred Hitchcock show based on it), and it’s chilling; the second is a super-classic: “Lamb to Slaughter” by Roald Dahl The wife kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb…. “Useless Beauty” by Guy De Maupassant an absolutely beautiful and grotesque example of a classic short story of violence between husband and wife. POEMS: “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath “Men” by Maya Angelou “Shattered Head” Adrienne Rich First Edit: (response to anyone thinking “Daddy” is not about domestic violence): Read the poem “Daddy,” and also know that the writer, Sylvia Plath, KILLED herself, BECAUSE OF Ted’s (her husband’s) emotional violence toward her. It’s a well-known fact that his emotional abuse/violence was the cause of her death, and it’s very clear that that is what this poem is about. Furthermore, they were husband and wife, and that makes it domestic violence, physical or emotional! I’d
