which do you think is the best poetry book?

Answer 1

It's a tough question, one that I'm happy that, at least for me, there is no such book. It makes me the happy seeker.

Answer 2

There are many great poetry books but if you want an anthology then Norton Anthology will last you a life time (expensive)
At the moment I am reading (devouring ) selected poems by Simon Armitage a youngish English poet from West Yorkshire(but he can't help that) but don't expect conventional rhyme, well worth a trip to the library.

Answer 3

It depends on why you want the "best" poetry book. If you want to see the progression of poetry down through the ages, get the Norton's Anthology of Poetry (or the Oxford Anthology). If you want easy to read poems that are easy to understand and famously read, then get "Favorite Poems of the American People". Both books will eventually be on your shelf...it's your choice as to which should be first.

Answer 4

Difficult, but EITHER The Oxford Book Of English Verse, or The Oxford Book of French Verse. In his Rumpole novels, John Mortimer often quoted from the Oxford Book of English Verse. The quotes were comforting and apt. But I am bilingual so I read from the French verse. However, in English, I go for anything edited by Neil Astley. Read Being Alive, and Staying Alive. I love poetry and go to as many readings as possible. Poetry really moves my soul. Benjamin Zephaniah... AND Ntozake Shange. Not enough people in UK read her. She is wonderful, some poems will make you cheer, others will break your heart. More people should read her, otherwise she is in danger (in UK) of going out of print. She is also a novelist.
But poets ... Ivor Gurney ... Dom Moraes ...Hart Crane ... and read some prose of Sam Sheperd. I could go on and on but I will stop here.

Answer 5

This is nearly impossible of course. I have 3 poetry books I could not live without:

* "The Dream Songs" by John Berryman

* "Life Studies" by Robert Lowell

* The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Answer 6

The best Poetry Book you want to read can be DREAMS, IDEAS AND REALITIES by T A Ramesh published by MINERVA PRESS, ISBN 817662067X. If you open this poetry book and start reading you will not put down it until you finish it completely. Wish you All the Best! Try it if you can!

Answer 7

I can't tell you exactly the best poetry book. There are so much of good poetry books.

Answer 8

It's a poetry book i read when i was eight it's full of different poems it's called I remember i remember with a piccy of a unicorn on the front although the poems aren't about unicorns

Answer 9

I don't think there is a best poetry book but I think there are some fantastic poets out there and you should have a look at their poems: Pablo Neruda, Anna Swir and Margaret Atwood.

Answer 10

Oxford book of English verse, Palgrave's Golden Treasury, Rattlebag. That should do you for a bit.

Answer 11

The King James version of The Holy Bible.