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I have decided to start reading poetry...anyone have any suggestions????
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A well known, regionally in New England at least, is Mary Oliver...
Here's a sample:
Egrets
Where the path closed
down and over,
through the scumbled leaves,
fallen branches,
through the knotted catbrier,
I kept going. Finally
I could not
save my arms
from thorns; soon
the mosquitoes
smelled me, hot
and wounded, and came
wheeling and whining.
Contd. (Apparently the site is accepting longer posts again... sorry)
Here's a sample:
Egrets
Where the path closed
down and over,
through the scumbled leaves,
fallen branches,
through the knotted catbrier,
I kept going. Finally
I could not
save my arms
from thorns; soon
the mosquitoes
smelled me, hot
and wounded, and came
wheeling and whining.
Contd. (Apparently the site is accepting longer posts again... sorry)
Contd.
And that's how I came
to the edge of the pond:
black and empty
except for a spindle
of bleached reeds
at the far shore
which, as I looked,
wrinkled suddenly
into three egrets - - -
a shower
of white fire!
Even half-asleep they had
such faith in the world
that had made them - - -
tilting through the water,
unruffled, sure,
by the laws
of their faith not logic,
they opened their wings
softly and stepped
over every dark thing.
Mary Oliver
More here:
http://www.poemhunter.com/mary-oliver/poet-677 1/
Enjoy!
And that's how I came
to the edge of the pond:
black and empty
except for a spindle
of bleached reeds
at the far shore
which, as I looked,
wrinkled suddenly
into three egrets - - -
a shower
of white fire!
Even half-asleep they had
such faith in the world
that had made them - - -
tilting through the water,
unruffled, sure,
by the laws
of their faith not logic,
they opened their wings
softly and stepped
over every dark thing.
Mary Oliver
More here:
http://www.poemhunter.com/mary-oliver/poet-677 1/
Enjoy!
depends on whether you want high brow, romantic, rustic, or nonsense
try - browning, keats, shelley and byron for entertainment - edward lear for amusement, christina rossetti for angst, A E Houseman a shropshire lad, alfred noyes - the highwayman, wilfred owen - dulce et decorum est for poignancy (don't be put off by the title) and bob dylan for music
try - browning, keats, shelley and byron for entertainment - edward lear for amusement, christina rossetti for angst, A E Houseman a shropshire lad, alfred noyes - the highwayman, wilfred owen - dulce et decorum est for poignancy (don't be put off by the title) and bob dylan for music
I'm also looking a book and starting to write my own stuff, none of which i'm putting on here as i'm hoping to get them published.
Just go to your local Waterstones or Library and have a quick browse... If you look on the net, unfortunately, a lot of the poems are simply on because they rhyme, although you do see the odd gem.
It depends on what kind of stuff you like, old, new, classical, humour, theres so much. The book i'm currently after is one written by British Comedians, but I'm not too sure of the name.
Just go to your local Waterstones or Library and have a quick browse... If you look on the net, unfortunately, a lot of the poems are simply on because they rhyme, although you do see the odd gem.
It depends on what kind of stuff you like, old, new, classical, humour, theres so much. The book i'm currently after is one written by British Comedians, but I'm not too sure of the name.
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