I like free verse type poetry, mostly, but rhyme is good too.
If you could give me a few details about your favorite that would be great! (Sorta the general feel of it)
Thanks!
2007-11-22 08:15:56 · 8 answers · asked by Claire 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Try and get an anthology if you can - more variation, so you can work out which style you prefer and you can read poems from loads of different poets.
I love 'The Nation's Favourite Poems' - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nations-Favourite-Poems-Griff-Jones/dp/0563387823/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195768175&sr=1-1 - it is a British book, but it features loads of poets - from Shakespeare to Rudyard Kipling to Robert Frost etc. I've read the book so many times, it's all tattered now. I should get a new one!
But anyway, go for an anthology!
2007-11-22 08:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by sweetsunday 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not your style, but...
Wordsworth is the only poet I could ever stand (though there are a few specific poems by others that I find enjoyable). Wordsworth's intent was to produce poetry about nature using common language. I guess that's why I find it so worthwhile - I'm a country boy. Anyway, it's that traditional rhymey stuff - but good, despite that.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-11-22 13:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Touched with fire. Is the best book ever. It is a book that contains a group classic poems of contemporary engish literature. It has got alittle bit of everything, but it is the best book I've ever read.
Some Authors are:
Chinua Achueve
Roberrt frost
JKChesterton
Hope it's a good option.
2007-11-22 10:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by Calíope!* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-12 10:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, it has alot of real life, free verse poetry. Check it out.
2007-11-22 08:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by S75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tulips&chimneys e.e Cummings
fabulous beautious words that paint a most wonderful picture.
2007-11-22 11:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by te 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
walt whitman- leaves of grass. naturalistic classic
2007-11-22 10:12:47 · answer #7 · answered by glenn t 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'Shakespeare' is the BEST.
2007-11-22 08:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by BridgetTrigger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋