What is your favorite or most memorable poem? And why is it so memorable or why is it your favorite poem?

Answer 1

Tough choice. Robert Frost, "The Road Less Traveled" ; Only because I relate to it.

Of all however, my favorite Poet, has to be Elizabeth Barret Browning; not strictly for her work, but for her dedication, and strength, lost so young in life, yet tenacious enough to hold most of her work, no less than 5 years before publishing, because SHE wasn't quite satisfied. One of my faves of hers, relates similarly. Less than 130 words, took her 10 years to FEEL it was "Right" enough to share.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

I'm fond of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; favorite quatrain is

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling;
The Bird of Time has but a little way
to fly - and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

I like metaphysical poetry in general, sufi ecstatic poetry in general. I like the general feeling of optimism and hope, the explicit acknowledgement that we all experience the same problems but perceive them in individual ways, and the recognition that while we must walk our own path, there is encouragement from those who have passed the same way before.

Answer 3

The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot. It was the first poem that "made sense" to me on a very personal level. It opened up to me the idea that poems could express something very personal and very universal at the same time.

Answer 4

One of my first favorite poems is Rudyard Kiplings "IF", then John Donne's Batter My Heart Three-person'd God. I would say my altogether favorite poem is Alfred Lord Tennyon's "Oh Yet We Trust". Why, because it moved me in a way that embodies hope.

Answer 5

Now hollow fires burn out to black,
And lights are guttering low:
Square your shoulders, lift your pack,
And leave your friends and go.

Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread,
Look not to left nor right:
In all the endless road you tread
There's nothing but the night.

- A.E. Housman

Introduced to me by an 'old' online friend, it rolls through my mind so often as we move and move on through this cyber maze of friends.

Edit: I've always thought it would make better sense if the two stanzas were reversed, but who am I to question the masters?

Answer 6

Little Orphan Annie. The author is unknown. The reason why it is so memorable to me is b/c my grandmother used to recite this poem to me when i was growing up. She died when i was 16, and this poem always reminds me of her.

Answer 7

Dreams By Langston Hughes Cuz im a dreamer

Answer 8

America For Me by Henry Van Dyke--because of the wording.

"So it's home again, home again, America for me,
My heart is turning home again and there I long to be.
In the land of youth and freedom, Beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the sky is full of stars."

Answer 9

I really love " In Falnders Fields " one, its good. and meaningful, and true