Give me pretty words!

[unamaga]

I know I updated, like, a half an hour ago--but! I had a thought (scary as that is).

I love poetry and I have my favorite poets, but I haven't really branched out past the classic poetry writers like Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, etc.

So.

List me your favorite poems, right here in the comments, and tell me why you like them so much. That's right. GO NOW, DO EEET. :D

Comments

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

Man, I won't even check because you are so very sure. I have faith in you.

That is a gorgeous poem, too. I ♥ Yeats!

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[polyspaston.livejournal.com]

He was a poet he was.
A proper poet.
He said things
that made you think
and said them nicely.
He saw things
that you or I
could never see
and saw them clearly.
He had a way
with language.
Images flocked around
him like birds,
St Francis, he was,
of the words. Words?
Why he could almost make 'em talk.

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

I feel horribly uncultured asking this, but, is that quoted?? :"(

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[polyspaston.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I just can't remember who it's about or who wrote it :-P It's just another one I like...!

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[polyspaston.livejournal.com]

Oh! found it! its Poem for a Dead Poet by Roger McGough. There. It could be about anyone :0P

I've thought of a poem
I carry it carefully,
nervously, in my head,
Like a saucer of milk;
in case I should spill some lines
before I put it down.

-Shallow Poem by Gerda Mayer

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[unamaga.livejournal.com]

I am in love with that, oh man. That is just so perfect!

Re: He Remembers Forgotten Beauty - WB Yeats

[polyspaston.livejournal.com]

Cool, innit!