I'm trying to get into poetry but i dont know where to start
2007-01-28 12:56:37 · 8 answers · asked by namso141 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
emily dickinsen
edgar allen poe
look some up on the net there are thousands
2007-01-28 12:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by ♥♫§weetTart§amantha♫♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theodore Roethke,William Blake,William Butler Yeats,Sappho,Song Of Songs(bible),Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman is a good start.Taliesin the Welsh Bard
2007-01-28 21:03:59 · answer #2 · answered by kevin k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick up a copy of any book by Ted Kooser. He is the current poet Laurette of the United States. His poems are very easy to understand. Maya Angelou is another talented writer who writes very moving poems. Billy Collins is another former poet laurette whose poems that I really like.
2007-01-28 21:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by Robert G. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have much to select from.
Emily Dickinson
Alfred Noyes
Walt Whitman
Rumi
Sa'adi
Hafiz
Robert Frost
Longfellow
and there's many, many more out there.
2007-01-28 21:42:57 · answer #4 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about Dylan?
2007-01-28 20:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by j b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rod mckuen
2007-01-28 20:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might enjoy this poet
http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/gamahucher_press_catalogue.htm
2007-01-30 11:06:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a light in the attic..........
2007-01-28 20:59:08 · answer #8 · answered by ickytoesocks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋