2007-06-15 07:58:48 · 7 answers · asked by prometida 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Edna St Vincent Milley - her poems are passionate, and often short.
Robert Frost - another writer of short poems, that often have many layers to them.
Sheakespeare - the best love poems, in my opinion. They're so lovely.
Shel Silverstein - I loved him as a child and as a adult, I only enjoy him more.
Edgar Allen Poe - memorable, they used to creep me out.
2007-06-15 08:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by mury902 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath.
I love confessional poetry for its authenticity and risk-taking.
I also like Anaiis Nin, not primarily a poet, for her deceitful persona where you never know to this day if what she wrote was true.
I liked Sara Teasdale and Edna St. Vincent Millay and even George Elliott for what these women did in their own times, be it poetry, whatever, because it was so hard to be a female writer in their times.
I like Erica Jong, moreso for her novel (Fear of Flying) than anything else. Once again, defying tradition and risk-taking.
I love female authors. They've had such a hard go to get their voices heard, and there is so much to hear.
2007-06-19 07:28:04 · answer #2 · answered by margot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I appreciate different poets for different reasons. For instance poets like Robert Frost and Carl Sandberg speak to an idyllic view of America I'd like to think isn't necessarily gone forever. Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison conveyed the angst, rage and disillusionment of youth during the 1960s. Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Nikki Giovanni spoke to issues unique to black America during a turbulent period in our quest for national identity. Gil Scott Heron did the same, but took a more "in your face" approach. Common speaks to that same audience with contemporary relevance and urban flavor, as did Tupac to some degree. Then there's Maya Angelou, who seems to convey awareness of all the societal problems, but still holds out a sense of hope that things will change for the better. It's impossible for me to select a favorite; they're each as dear to me as my ever-changing mood. But it's all out there for all of us, and it's fair to say poets really "do it" for me. Thanks for the question.
2007-06-15 08:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by Captain S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Robert Frost and all singers and song writers because Robert Frost is just so vivid and so figurative. I like the singers and song writers because they make music out of words that are a poem. Just think about it, all songs are poems that are just being said in an octave or different voice called music.
2007-06-15 08:08:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lexie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rilke, Yeats, Auden, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth
Bishop, Theodore Roethke, John Donne--they were fearless in their use of language and imagery.
2007-06-15 15:06:51 · answer #5 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Service wrote my favorite poem ever, "The Cremation Of Sam McGee". Check it out its a great read!
2007-06-15 08:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by firedup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thoreau, Browning, and Kipling are really great..
Poe (cliche...but he's awesome)
Nikki Giovanni is a great contemporary
2007-06-15 08:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋