Favourite poem or poet?

**Nada.Leona** · 08-21-2006, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by halloweenfreak

of course my fave poem is the raven...

Once upon a midnight dreary, While I pondered, weak, and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
While I nodded, nearly napping, Suddenly there came a tapping,
As if someone, gently rapping, Rapping at my chamber door.
"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "rapping at my chamber door."
Only this and nothing more...
"

Ahhh, my alltime favorite poet and poem. I've been fascinated by this poem for as long as I can remember. It's so dark and eerie and spectacular. Another favorite of mine is "Annabel Lee".

**pqb57** · 08-21-2006, 10:32 PM

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe has been my favorite poem since I read it in High School.

**bumplett** · 08-22-2006, 12:30 AM

My Favorite!!!!

Ebb
I KNOW WHAT MY HEART IS LIKE
SINCE YOUR LOVE DIED:
IT IS LIKE A HOLLOW LEDGE
HOLDING A LITTLE POOL
LEFT THERE BY THE TIDE,
A LITTLE TEPID POOL,
DRYING INWARD FROM THE EDGE.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay

**staceyy** · 08-22-2006, 12:56 PM

I love Pablo Nerudo's love poetry!

**Katybird** · 08-22-2006, 03:19 PM

I have so many favorites. I love them all for their different styles and for their diverse outlooks. I love Emily Dickinson, Rod McKuen, Robert Frost, ee cummings, Ogden Nash. One of my favorite poems always reminds me of the many birthday parties that I gave for my children when they were young, it brings a smile to my face everytime I read it.

Children's Party
by Ogden Nash

May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
I wish to retire till the party's over.
Since three o'clock I've done my best
To entertain each tiny guest.

My conscience now I've left behind me,
And if they want me, let them find me.
I blew their bubbles, I sailed their boats,
I kept them from each other's throats.

I told them tales of magic lands,
I took them out to wash their hands.
I sorted their rubbers and tied their laces,
I wiped their noses and dried their faces.

Of similarities there's lots
Twixt tiny tots and Hottentots.
I've earned repose to heal the ravages
Of these angelic-looking savages.

Oh, progeny playing by itself
Is a lonely little elf,
But progeny in roistering batches
Would drive St. francis from here to Natchez.

Shunned are the games a parent proposes,
They prefer to squirt each other with hoses,
Their playmates are their natural foemen
And they like to poke each other's abdomen.

Their joy needs another woe's to cushion it,
Say a puddle, and someone littler to push in it.
They observe with glee the ballistic results
Of ice cream with spoons for catapults,

And inform the assembly with tears and glares
That everyone's presents are better than theirs.
Oh, little women and little men,
Someday I hope to love you again,

But not till after the party's over,
So give me the key to the doghouse, Rover

**Emerald_Mommy** · 08-22-2006, 05:21 PM

I read poems to Isabel & Ingrid before nap time everyday and I have to say the one I've personally enjoyed "getting to know better" is Robert Louis Stevenson & his book "A Child's Garden of Verses". They make me remember what it felt like to be a child.

I also enjoy (not saying I understand!) Shakespeare, Dickinson, & Millay.

**Daisygirl** · 08-22-2006, 06:12 PM

ee cummings, hands down. He had such an interesting perspective and was really quite revolutionary in his ways of looking at the world.

**ama** · 08-23-2006, 08:02 AM

I just adore Rumi!

Those who don’t
Want to change,
Let them sleep.
--Rumi

**mrscornbread** · 08-23-2006, 11:20 AM

Sunshine, my mother knew the poem of Hiawatha by heart and reading that just brought back memories of her reciting it to us when we were kids, we loved that. Thanks for the memory!

My favorite poet/writer is Audre Lorde, her words transformed the way I live my life, although this link is not to one of her poems, but rather one of her essays, it is my favorite

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poe...rde/erotic.htm

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 08-24-2006, 02:43 AM

"The Highwayman". I can't remember the author (it's late here!), but will always remember the opening line:

The moon was a ghostly galleon
tossed upon cloudy seas"...

**Hardy1** · 09-09-2006, 03:35 AM

I have just caught up with this thread. I love poetry and find it really soothing at stressful times. I keep a book beside my bed and poetry is lovely to read just before you go off to sleep. I usually read a novel but pick up some poetry just for that last few minutes of reading. I love Yeats, Keats and some other older poets. Of the more recent poets, I like Wendy Cope and Roger McGough (spelling?) I'm going to see/hear him next month. I went to a poetry recital a few months ago (I'm in the UK) and there was an American poet with a wonderful 'stage' presence - Thomas Lux - he was fun!
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