Epic poem
2 volumes
The Hyperion Cantos Quoted
Martin Silenus — Hyperion · Dan Simmons
An unfinished epic by a foul-mouthed, centuries-old poet, about the passing of the self-styled Titans called humans — and, he comes to believe, a poem that summons the thing that is killing them.
Jayaparajaya Published in our world
Pampa Kampana — Victory City · Salman Rushdie
A Sanskrit epic as long as the Ramayana, written by the woman who grew a city from seeds, whispered its citizens their lives, and at two hundred and forty-seven sealed the poem in a pot for whoever came after.