Poem for my reading class?

Question

I am supposed to have my favorite poem for my reading class tomorrow so Does anyone know of any good poems?

Answer 1

I suggest you check out the website Bartleby. You can find many poems there.

Check out Robert Frost. Some good ones of his are: Fire and Ice, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening. See Below. Or Emily Dickinson.



Fire and Ice

SOME say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice, 5
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.


Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.


Check out Emily Dickinson

SUCCESS is counted sweetest

SUCCESS is counted sweetest
By those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host 5
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear 10
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.


I LIKE to see it lap the miles,

I LIKE to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains, 5
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between,
Complaining all the while 10
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
Stop—docile and omnipotent— 15
At its own stable door.

Hope these help.

Answer 2

Here's a classic one, It's called "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost :) It's one of my all-time favorites! Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. If you prefer something smaller, What about something from Shel Silverstein? It's exactly eight lines :P How not to Dry the Dishes by Shel Silverstein If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes ('Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won't let you Dry the dishes anymore Good Luck! :)

Answer 3

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Emily Dickinson! I think my favorite has to be:
the title is the first sentence. but it is part of the poem too.

IF I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

I like it because she is saying how if she could just help one person, it would all be worth it, like its not all about her! hope you like this!

Answer 4

Isn't it supposed to be YOUR fav?

Wtf? What if the teacher asks why?? Or fav part?? Pick a poem YOU know. It isn't special to you if it's not something you like.

Answer 5

Try anything by Edgar Alan Poe. Not only was he a great author, but your teacher will think you're scary and gothic =P

Answer 6

Check out http://www.glenisredmond.com/.

Glenis is a local poet here in Asheville, NC.

Answer 7

try Maya Angelou I love her poems ^^"