In addition to reading great books, I like reading great poetry, too. :) Which poets and works do you enjoy reading the most?
2006-12-13 07:02:45 · 11 answers · asked by Persephone 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is my favorite of all poets. For me, his poems evoke a keener sense of the world around me than anyone else's. They are less full of social commentary than of the wonder of the world.
Though I also enjoy Browning, Frost, Wordsworth and Kilmer.
Thanks for asking....nice question.
2006-12-13 07:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catullus, John Milton, Alexander Pope, William Wordsworth, and Emily Dickinson.
2006-12-13 07:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by Lambert 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, John Keats, Lord Byron, Phillip Larkin - All are brilliant, talented writers with weird and unique imagery.
2006-12-13 07:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by Kate S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maya Angelou speaks to the heart of a woman like no other poet I've ever read. Enjoy!
2006-12-13 07:04:46 · answer #4 · answered by bandit 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Walt Whitman! I love the sense of immediacy and urgency in his poetry. The empathy for mankind that comes through in his writing is remarkable (although I don't know this always translated in to his real life.) 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' is my favorite of his poems -- it is thrilling! It makes me feel like Whitman is looking at me over my shoulder. But really, his ability to connect with you as a reader is unparalleled in my opinion. Read 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' here http://www.bartleby.com/142/86.html
2006-12-13 07:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by MLeigh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
T.S. Elliot "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is one of my favorites. Also enjoy, Keats and Yeats.
2006-12-13 07:45:34 · answer #6 · answered by icthyus05 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
e.e. cummings
I like his fun writing style and the feelings he gives to each thing he writes about. He is a bit quirky a little bit strange, but I love that about his poetry.
Buffalo Bill's defunct (doesn't really actually have a name for this poem...just what I call it) is my favorite poem by him
Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
2006-12-13 07:08:44 · answer #7 · answered by ÐIESEŁ ÐUB 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe can tell a story that will have you looking over your shoulder or laughing your butt off.
2006-12-13 08:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jeremy B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Patrick Kavanagh. His work is accessible.He knew and experienced poverty and loneliness.His words need to be read.
2006-12-13 07:52:40 · answer #9 · answered by up urs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Robert Frost because he is so imaginative.
2006-12-13 07:08:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋