poppy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Found this poem today on Pinterest. It's so very moving, in fact it made me cry Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up earlyAnd put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,then with cracked hands that achedfrom labor in the weekday weather madebanked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.When the rooms were warm, he'd call,and slowly I would rise and dress,fearing the chronic angers of that house,Speaking indifferently to him,who had driven out the coldand polished my good shoes as well.What did I know, what did I knowof love's austere and lonely offices? Edited March 6, 2015 by poppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 This girl is an amazing spoken word artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatdifficultfirstnovel Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I am an English teacher, but don't really like poetry. However, over time, I've found a range of different poems I enjoy teaching. One would be 'Suicide in the Trenches' by Siegfried Sassoon. Another particular favourite is 'Your Dad Did What?' - the name of the poet escapes me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'm naturally biased but I loved Seamus Heaney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Hard to tell a favorite poet but i think i ll choose Constantine P. CavafyIf you dont know him he is a Greek poet with his most known poem and translated in many languages : Ithaca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Atri Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I love poetry and actually am a poet. Here's a sample: Do tell me what you think This is entitled Gods of Stone Lonely dark nights you made Many high roads and air still Days sunny birght, no shade I had a need only you could fill You made bodies in heaven Made rain and storm on a whim The calm you gave to the unkown Does it matter if I sink or swim? -If you liked it, I'll post the remaining parts Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faineant Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Favourites change a lot, but a stern contender based on its well worn pages in my library is my man Joe Bolton. Tremendous talent. His collection, Days of Summer Gone, is a must have if you can find it for a reasonable price. I once dropped it behind the radiator next to my toilet and actually took the radiator out to retrieve it, it's that damned good. Here's a good'n: The Light We Dance Through This is the afterlife. Her gin- tinged breath came like a cool injection in my ear. We were dancing after midnight in this place called 32nd Avenue, dancing over cigarette butts & against bodies not our own & through a light of such blue density it almost wasn’t light at all. But outside, there were stars, & though all around us the city was playing games with its deranged souls, we danced three times around the parking lot– a waltz, for chrissake, a fudgeing waltz. That was 1981, & each year there are fewer & fewer people I’ll admit as my acquaintances, & fewer still I’ll dance with, & it’s probably the case that, on those all-too-rare occasions, the light we dance through is the closest we’ll ever come to any sort of afterlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus Groan Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 My favourite poet is Emily Bronte. I believe eve that she was uniquely gifted and the fact that her life was cut short is a topic I think about a lot. Also some of the poetry by her sister Ann is very good. A powerful American poet for me is Robert Frost. His talent seems to defy classification for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalisam Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Robert Frost and mayby J.London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 2/9/2007 at 7:08 PM, Kylie said: My favourite poem is Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. I also love The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, whom we studied extensively in school. I also like Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas and Howl by Allen Ginsberg. Other than that, I'm not very well versed (pardon the pun!) in poetry, although I would like to change that. I must devote more reading time to poetry! I've downloaded plenty of poetry that is in the public domain...just got to read it! Thank you. The poem "Do not go gentle ..." was used many times in the film 'Interstellar' and I asked myself if was published or not and by who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucyinthesky Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Emily Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucyinthesky Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 7/21/2018 at 3:29 PM, Titus Groan said: My favourite poet is Emily Bronte. I believe eve that she was uniquely gifted and the fact that her life was cut short is a topic I think about a lot. Also some of the poetry by her sister Ann is very good. A powerful American poet for me is Robert Frost. His talent seems to defy classification for me. Emily Bronte's poems are otherworldly. It says something when another poet has her No Coward Soul is Mine read out at her funeral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megustaleer Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I find it impossible to pick a favourite poet. Some un-favourite ones maybe, but most poets that I have read have produced work that I enjoy, and all that might be among my favourites have written pieces that just don't speak to me at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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