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08-02-2005, 10:56 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Poetry Reading Suggestions?
I'm going to the library to get some books. There's a surprise.
Planning on picking up a poetry anthology and reading it cover to cover. The question is, what poet? Sadly, I am not well versed in the literary works of some of the most notable poets--excepting Shakespeare and Robert Frost--but I plan to learn more. I'm asking for suggestions for whom to study. I want classics, not modern poetry. Who are your favorites?
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When Newton closed his eyes beneath a tree
and took the apple from the serpent, he
conceived the urge of humanity, plea, plea,
procreant desire and tendency.
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08-02-2005, 11:33 AM
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baudelaire... very intense and sometimes disturbing, but I think his poems are great.
also, I really like prevert. he has a very peculiar style, and some incredibly vivid takes on life and love. I've never read english translations of his poems, so hopefully you won't be disappointed in the translation....
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I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long. (Shelly Winters)
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08-02-2005, 05:00 PM
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Hmm... I'll check those out.
I was thinking more along the lines of Dickinson, Yeats, Milton, etc. You know, the ones that everybody has read but me. Any other comments?
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The Palace Flophouse
When Newton closed his eyes beneath a tree
and took the apple from the serpent, he
conceived the urge of humanity, plea, plea,
procreant desire and tendency.
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08-02-2005, 05:32 PM
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Rainer Maria Rilke.
Not one of those "everyone has read," but definitely worth reading.
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08-02-2005, 06:21 PM
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how about goethe and dante then? if you really want something "classic"....
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I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long. (Shelly Winters)
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08-02-2005, 06:33 PM
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I say I'm going to the library to pick up one book. Yeah, right. Assuredly, I'll be coming home with a stack up to my eyeballs because I can't decide.
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The Palace Flophouse
When Newton closed his eyes beneath a tree
and took the apple from the serpent, he
conceived the urge of humanity, plea, plea,
procreant desire and tendency.
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08-02-2005, 08:53 PM
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hehehe I know that feeling.
when I go to the bookstore to "buy one book" I usually end up spending more than $100....
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I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long. (Shelly Winters)
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08-04-2005, 04:01 AM
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Bukowski is the ticket.
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08-25-2005, 05:09 PM
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I don't mean to be aggressive or anything, but what can be gained from reading translated works? Especially reading sonnets and such--where the meter and rhyme has no bearing. In my opinion, translations never do a work justice...
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The Palace Flophouse
When Newton closed his eyes beneath a tree
and took the apple from the serpent, he
conceived the urge of humanity, plea, plea,
procreant desire and tendency.
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08-26-2005, 01:06 PM
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You are only as dull as the light in the room you occupy, everything else is just hearsay - Me, about five minutes ago.
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08-27-2005, 12:52 PM
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You might also want to study Seamus Heaney, a very good poet.
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03-05-2007, 05:31 AM
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Anyone for W.B. Yeats?
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03-05-2007, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Revisionist
Bukowski is the ticket.
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I'm with this one - far from conventional, but superb. Any of his will do, but if you can find it start with 'Love is a dog from hell.' Irresistable title in my opinion.
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03-05-2007, 06:24 PM
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xavier villaurrita
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03-05-2007, 06:29 PM
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I've only read one poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, but I happen to adore it.
The Lady of Shallot, great poem <3
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