Favorite Poets

#31

lias

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2 chainz FO SHO

#32

rosie

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ive never seen so many -frags

#33

Orbital

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Gonna have to go with Dr. Seuss.

#34

the301stspartan

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Also Gary.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg

Also Gary.
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg[/img]

#35

snooki

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Dr. Seuss

#36

d_b

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keats&yeats

#37

Noona

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Can I change mine? Add Martin Espada to my favorite poet list. Definetly a contender with Langston.

#38

Johny_16_

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the301stspartanAlso Gary.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg

There you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTnM4jd-P1Y

[quote=the301stspartan]Also Gary.
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg[/img][/quote]

There you go: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTnM4jd-P1Y[/youtube]

#39

gayboy32

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GUCCI MANE

#40

ulty

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Common(seriously)

hehe try to -frag this

Common(seriously)

hehe try to -frag this

#41

Not_Matlock

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I don't like poetry.

But Bill Watterson wrote poems and included them in some of the Calvin and Hobbes books he made so I guess he counts.

I don't like poetry.

But Bill Watterson wrote poems and included them in some of the Calvin and Hobbes books he made so I guess he counts.

#42

snacks

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sylvia plath

#43

nemo

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i wish i could understand poetry

#44

SaxualContent

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ws merwin!

#45

Sauceror

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Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage, W.B. Yeats, and also Shakespeare's sonnets, regardless of how obvious a choice that is.

#46

Stratovarius

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ee cummings

#47

Aoshima

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James Elroy Flecker is a big one for me- The Golden Journey To Samarkand is one of the best poems I've ever seen.

#48

Hugh_Laurie

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i can't be the only one that hated poetry in school. literally the dumbest thing i've ever had to learn. i would not even do those assignments in english class.

#49

Fox

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lewis carroll
edgar allan poe
robert frost
dante alighieri
edward estlin cummings
mark twain
william shakespeare
shel silverstein
walt whitman

there's so many to name that i think i'll just stop here lol

i hate studying poetry, but i really enjoy reading it casually

edit: also if i had to only pick one, i'd probably pick lewis carroll based on the jabberwocky alone

one of my all time favorite poems

lewis carroll
edgar allan poe
robert frost
dante alighieri
edward estlin cummings
mark twain
william shakespeare
shel silverstein
walt whitman

there's so many to name that i think i'll just stop here lol

i hate studying poetry, but i really enjoy reading it casually

[b]edit:[/b] also if i had to only pick one, i'd probably pick lewis carroll based on the jabberwocky alone

one of my all time favorite poems

#50

enwyze

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My favorite by far:

The Charge Of The Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

...I really love the flow in that poem!

My favorite by far:

The Charge Of The Light Brigade
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava, October 25, 1854
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
'Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns' he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter'd & sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder'd.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

...I really love the flow in that poem!

#51

strongsuit

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I have to be in the right mood, but Robert Service.

#52

rosie

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mghughlauriei can't be the only one that hated poetry in school. literally the dumbest thing i've ever had to learn. i would not even do those assignments in english class.

its not for everyone but maybe others that dont like poetry didnt want to post in a thread about poets.

[quote=mghughlaurie]i can't be the only one that hated poetry in school. literally the dumbest thing i've ever had to learn. i would not even do those assignments in english class.[/quote]
its not for everyone but maybe others that dont like poetry didnt want to post in a thread about poets.

#53

lias

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Johny_16_the301stspartanAlso Gary.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg
There you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTnM4jd-P1Y

lmao to funny

[quote=Johny_16_][quote=the301stspartan]Also Gary.
[img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/G2zDW9me-IY/0.jpg[/img][/quote]

There you go: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTnM4jd-P1Y[/youtube][/quote]
lmao to funny

#54

ShikiShiki

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T.S. Eliot.

#55

kaiserReg

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I love Charles Bukowski

#56

lias

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saphire451 is actually my favorite poet,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWQNAUSOu1s&list=UUop7yI06vA0sJDODohxKvhg

#57

Noona

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snackssylvia plath

Sylvia Plath was a really great poet. Really deep and dark stuff but very symbolistic.

[quote=snacks]sylvia plath[/quote]

Sylvia Plath was a really great poet. Really deep and dark stuff but very symbolistic.