Im having a horrible time finding poems?

Question

Can you help me? They need to be by well known poets
and they cant be by emily dickinson or robert frost

Answer 1

This is a list of poets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_poets
Here are some poem sites
http://www.poetry.com/greatestpoems/list.asp
http://www.bu.edu/favoritepoem/poems/index.html

Answer 2

Try Walt Whitman and Henry Longfellow
for lyrical poetry that is easy to follow.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote
"Sonnets from the Portuguese"
of which Sonnet 43 is most famous.

For more modern short poems,
Langston Hughes wrote both poignant and
inciteful poetry about oppression and democracy.

Answer 3

My personal fave is Dylan Thomas..."Do not go gentle into that good night / Old age should burn and rave at close of day / Rage, rage against the dying of the light"

That's all I can remember off the top of my head, though his poetry is pure music when heard from his own lips (received a copy of his voice reciting his own poetry from about 30 yrs ago, he's since passed away). Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Hi SkiBugs,

How about the works of Robert Burns, (from the British Isles a couple of hundred years ago); it was required reading when I was in school. Also, look up 'Rubaiyat' by a fellow named Omar Khayyam, (a 12th century Persian astronomer and poet.) Great writing!
Oh well, I hope this helps.
Butch

Answer 5

E.E. Cummings, Ezra Pound...gosh, the list is endless! Take a look at some of these sites.

Answer 6

some famous poets...
keats, wordsworth, edgar allen poe, sylvia plath, e.e. cummings, langston hughes, t.s. elliot, carl sandburg, walt whitman, anne bradstreet, emerson, thoreau

there are so many to pick from

here's a good website:

Answer 7

Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...she wrote Sonnets of the Portguese and is very well known.

"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..."