Favorite Poem or Poet

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#1  Edited By Kyreo

I really like Whitman.  Ezra Pound, T.S. Elliot, and Langston Hughes are really good also. 
 
I'm no fan of Frost though... I'm not sure why though.

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#2  Edited By dfsvegas

 @Kyreo: I'm more into modern poets. Here's a few.  
 

   

   
  
    
    
  

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Jeff Gerstmann

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#4  Edited By Red12b

Letter from God

 
   Hey There, how, how's it going?
   Long time no see.                   
   I know I haven't been around much lately
   But…it didn't seem like you wanted me to be
   The last time I sent down a message you nailed it to the cross
   So I figured I'd just leave you to it, let you be your own boss
   But I've been keeping an eye on you, I have,
   and it's amazing how you've grown.
   With your technological advances and the problems you've overthrown,
   And all the beautiful art you've created with such grace and such finesse,
   But I admit there are a few things I'm afraid have impressed me less.
   So I'm writing to apologize for all the horrors committed in my name,
   Although that was never what I intended,
   I feel I should take my share of the blame.
   All the good I tried to do was corrupted
   when organised religion got into full swing,
   What I thought were quite clear messages were taken to unusual extremes.
   My teachings taken out of context to meet the agendas of others,
   Interpretations taken to many different ways and hidden meanings discovered
   Religion became a tool, for the weak to control the strong
   With all these new morals and ethics, survival of the fittest was gone
   No longer could the biggest man simply take whatever he needed
   ‘cause damnation was the price if certain rules were not heeded
   Some of the deeds committed in my name
   just made me wonder were I went wrong.
   Back at the start when I created this, the foundation seemed so strong.
   See all the elements were already here, long before I began,
   I just kind of put it all together
   I didn't really think out a long-term plan.
   I made the sun an appropriate distance and laid the stars across the sky
   So you could navigate the globe or simply watch the sun rise
   I covered the earth with plants and fruits,
   Some for sustenance and some for beauty
   I made the sun shine and the clouds rain
   so their maintenance wasn't your duty
   I tried to give each creature its own attributes
   without making them enveloped
   I gave you all you all your own space to
   grow and in your own way space to develop
   I didn't know such development would cause rifts and jealousy
   Cause you to war against each other and leave marks on this planet indelibly
   You see, I wasn't really the creater, I was just the curator of nature
   I want to get something straight with homosexuals right now: I don't hate ya
   I was a simple being that happened to be the first to wield such powers
   I just laid the ground, it was You that built the towers
   It was You that invented bombs, and the fear that comes with them
   And it was You that invented money, and the corrupt economic systems
   You invented terms like just-war and terms like friendly fire
   And it was You that didn't know
   when to stop digging deeper, when to stop building higher
   It was You that exhausted the resources I carefully laid out on this earth,
   And it was You that even saw these
   problems coming but accredited them little worth
   It was You that used my teachings for your own personal gain
   And it was You that committed such tragedies,
   even though they were in my name
   So I apologize for any mistakes I made, and when my words misconstrued
   But this apology's to mother nature, cause I created you
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#5  Edited By Ghostiet

Everyone is Polish, so it doesn't make sense to post them.

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#6  Edited By T00MuchSteeze
@Leon592 said:
" Jeff Gerstmann "
This
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#7  Edited By x_XJules
@Kyreo said:
" I really like Whitman.  Ezra Pound, T.S. Elliot, and Langston Hughes are really good also.  I'm no fan of Frost though... I'm not sure why though. "
I agree with this 100%. I also really like Sylvia Plath, although, my favorite by her isn't her poetry but rather the Bell Jar. 
 
I'm also a big fan of Ted Nugent, who wrote alongside Langston Hughes. Ted Nugent was a huge figure within the gay community, actually wrote a paper on him for my queer studies class. His stuff is a lot harder to find though. There's a lot of good poetry coming out of the Harlem Renaissance. 
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#8  Edited By papercut

There once was a man from Nantucket...

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#9  Edited By penguindust

Gregory Corso's Marriage is among my favorites. MARRIAGE
...[excerpt below]...
But I should get married I should be good
How nice it'd be to come home to her
and sit by the fireplace and she in the kitchen
aproned young and lovely wanting my baby
and so happy about me she burns the roast beef
and comes crying to me and I get up from my big papa chair
saying Christmas teeth! Radiant brains! Apple deaf!
God what a husband I'd make! Yes, I should get married!
So much to do! Like sneaking into Mr Jones' house late at night
and cover his golf clubs with 1920 Norwegian books
Like hanging a picture of Rimbaud on the lawnmower
like pasting Tannu Tuva postage stamps all over the picket fence
like when Mrs Kindhead comes to collect for the Community Chest
grab her and tell her There are unfavorable omens in the sky!
And when the mayor comes to get my vote tell him
When are you going to stop people killing whales!
And when the milkman comes leave him a note in the bottle
Penguin dust, bring me penguin dust, I want penguin dust-

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#10  Edited By reinha6

Robert Burn's "To a Mouse"

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#11  Edited By apoptosis61

my favorite poem
 
 

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#12  Edited By steeeeeve

Candy 
Is dandy 
But liquor 
Is quicker. 
 
Ogden Nash, Reflections on Ice-Breaking