Do you enjoy poetry? what is your favorite poem?
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Evaheist666
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dappled
Impossible to choose just one.
"Slough", by John Betjeman.
"It may not always be so", by ee cummings.
"Requiem", Robert Louis Stevenson's epitaph for himself.
"Remember", by Christina Rossetti.
"For Claudia, Against Narrowness", by Erica Jong; the poem which gave me my IIN username.Comment Hidden ( show )-
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[Old Memory]
For Claudia, Against Narrowness
From Loveroot
Narrowing life because of the fears,
narrowing it between the dust motes,
narrowing the pink baby
between the green-limbed monsters,
& the drooling idiots,
& the ghosts of the Thalidomide infants,
narrowing hope,
always narrowing hope.Mother sits on one shoulder hissing:
Life is dangerous.
Father sits on the other sighing:
Lucky you.
Grandmother, grandfather, big sister:
You'll die if you leave us,
you'll die if you ever leave us.Sweetheart, baby sister,
you'll die anyway
& so will I.
Even if you walk the wide greensward,
even if you
& your beautiful big belly
embrace the world of men & trees,
even if you moan with pleasure,
& smoke the sweet grass
& feast on strawberries in bed,
you'll die anyway--
wide or narrow,
you're going to die.As long as you're at it,
die wide.
Follow your belly to the green pasture.
Lie down in the sun's dapple.
Life is not as dangerous
as mother said.
It is more dangerous,
more wide.© Erica Mann Jong
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"Slough" was excellent,too.
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disthing
"The Tyger" by William Blake.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?etc.
It's from my childhood but I still adore it. Poe is great too, Sylvia Plath's stuff is so vivid it's like a candle to my imagination, and if I'm honest some of my favourite poetry is directly from the songs I love :)
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54mmyF0r3v3r
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frankiestrange
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Fleabitten
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Kerris
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Kerris
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ToastAngel707
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KeddersPrincess
I love poetry, writing and reading it. I don't have a favortie poem, but I can tell you that I LOVE Edgar Allen Poe.
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CheekyChihuahua
I hate writing poetry, but I like reading it a little, though not the 'emo' poetry that teenagers write.
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CannibalLecter
Love
Because of you, in gardens of blossoming flowers I ache from the
perfumes of spring.
I have forgotten your face, I no longer remember your hands;
how did your lips feel on mine?
Because of you, I love the white statues drowsing in the parks,
the white statues that have neither voice nor sight.
I have forgotten your voice, your happy voice; I have forgotten
your eyes.
Like a flower to its perfume, I am bound to my vague memory of
you. I live with pain that is like a wound; if you touch me, you will
do me irreparable harm.
Your caresses enfold me, like climbing vines on melancholy walls.
I have forgotten your love, yet I seem to glimpse you in every
window.
Because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me; because
of you, I again seek out the signs that precipitate desires: shooting
stars, falling objects.-Pablo Neruda
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maddog546
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snazzjastic
I absolutly love it!!
Pete Doherty is the best! look into him guys he is a legend!Comment Hidden ( show ) -
sleepingbeauty
I still adore the Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, yes it's a nonsense poem. But the language sits just on the edge of your understanding and so you can still 'hear' the story. The playfulness of the words and how they roll off the tongue still fascinates me to this day.
I actually had the full version on my profile for a while lol.
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Thanatopsis, by William Cullen Bryant:
http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/thanatopsis.htmlComment Hidden ( show )