Shelley's Heart: The Death and Disposal of a Poet  is a poem by David Scotford.  It is an account of the death of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), who drowned off the coast of Italy.  It's written from the historical record given by Shelley 's and Lord Byron's friend Edward John Trelawny. Scotford suggests that Trelawny was a bit jealous of both men, not being a great poet himself.  This is rich and exciting poem, full of visual imagery, with evocations of the sea populated with Neptune's daughters and of Shelley's body burning on the pyre with an array of aromatic plants. 

Thirty Angry Ghosts by Mai Black  is a collection of poems which gives voice to departed figures from history - and they are not happy.  They may be upset about their legacy and the way that things panned out for them in life or about the way we remember them today.   They come from all over the world and from all different times, from a Neanderthal woman to Marie Curie (d. 1934).  There is an equal number of male and female spirits represented.