Editing Absalom (section)

===Poetry===
*  ''[[David and Bethsabe|The Love of King David and Fair Bethsabe, with the Tragedie of Absalon]]'', a play by [[George Peele]], written before 1594 and published in 1599.
* ''[[Absalom and Achitophel]]'' (1681), a satirical poem by [[John Dryden]], uses the biblical story as an allegory for contemporary politics.{{sfn|Thomas|2006|p=}}
* "Absalom" by [[Nathaniel Parker Willis]] (1806–1867).{{sfn|Willis|1845|p=}}
* "Absaloms Abfall" by [[Rainer Maria Rilke]] ("The Fall of Absalom", trans. Stephen Cohn).{{sfn|Rilke|1998|p=161}}{{sfn|Freedman|1998|p=283}}
* "Absalom" is a section in [[Muriel Rukeyser]]'s long poem ''[[The Book of the Dead (poem)|The Book of the Dead]]'' (1938), inspired by the biblical text, spoken by a mother who lost three sons to silicosis.{{sfn|Dayton|2003|p=48}}
* "Avshalom" by [[Yona Wallach]], published in her first poetry collection ''Devarim'' (1966), alludes to the biblical character.{{sfn|Giora|2003|p=36}}
* "Prayer for Sunset" by [[Leonard Cohen]], published in his first poetry collection ''Let Us Compare Mythologies'' (1956), Absalom appears in a simile.{{sfn|Cohen|1956|p=30}}