Favorite Poet/Poem
By Dogbone27
@Dogbone27 (8)
United States
March 27, 2010 3:51pm CST
I have been reading a bit of poetry recently, and I have found that some poems seem to just pop out and seem just great while others don't do anything for me. I have always loved the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", and it still remains my favorite poem. Since reading a lot more poetry now I have found that most of Dylan Thomas' poems seem really good to me, and while I like many other poets, I find that Thomas has the most poems per author that I like.
I would like to hear some other favorite poems and poets, and while I am not much for writing my own poetry, I am always willing to read others poems.
5 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
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27 Mar 10
Funny as I started reading this post "Do Not Go..." sprang to mind, love that poem.
All the best urban
@urbandekay (18278)
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27 Mar 10
Home thoughts from abroad - Browning
Love's philosophy - Shelley
Words, wide night - Duffy
Marriage of Heaven and Hell - Blake
Lots of stuff by Adrian Mitchell
all the best urban
@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
30 Mar 10
I'm not sure I can pick a favorite poem, but I always liked the works of Robert Frost and Robert Louis Stevenson. I had Robert Louis Stevenson's book of poetry "A Child's Garden of Verses" when I was little. There are lots of poems in there that I enjoyed like "The Land of Story-Books" and "The Swing". I also like the poems "The Road Not Taken" and "After Apple Picking" by Robert Frost.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
27 Mar 10
Poetry fills the soul. Poets are truly writers with depth and character. William Shakespeare is quotable. Robert Frost's ...two roads diverged into the woods...had become every dreamer's mottto. I still remember Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Psalm of Life. Reminds me that we are just sojourners in this life but we have to make life meaningful still. So, when we know this, we just do not go gently into the night.
@dimitarivanov (228)
• Netherlands
28 Mar 10
That would be Hristo Botev. I doubt any of you heard of him and I doubt translation would be good. I found a crappy translation, but don't mind it, if you are curious it's called "In the tavern". And here's the link:
http://www.slovo.bg/old/f/en/botev/tavern.htm
