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Poetry?
Dec 12, 2006 18:38:55 GMT -5
Post by Dustin Neal on Dec 12, 2006 18:38:55 GMT -5
Anyone here into poetry?
I'm a huge Charles Bukowski fan, along with some classics, Beat Generation poets, and post-modern poets. I also love Japanese forms, which is my biggest hobby,
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Poetry?
Dec 12, 2006 20:55:21 GMT -5
Post by Trent Lawless on Dec 12, 2006 20:55:21 GMT -5
I don't know that I have any particular poets I like over any others, but I've always been a Langston Hughes fan. Rilke, too. So the classics for me, I guess. Just read some stuff by Eleanor Lerman in The Nation magazine which was quite good, so I can see why she won their 2006 award.
Been to a couple poetry slams. Never participated, though, even though I have written some poetry a long time ago. People told me it was good. Who knows if they were being honest?
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Poetry?
Dec 14, 2006 0:56:24 GMT -5
Post by JMello on Dec 14, 2006 0:56:24 GMT -5
I've always liked Claude McKay. Other poets are cool too, but I only like certain poems.
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Poetry?
Dec 14, 2006 9:16:17 GMT -5
Post by Shon Maxx on Dec 14, 2006 9:16:17 GMT -5
William Blake...The One True and Only Poet! Everything else is garbage. Blake is the man and the cloest we'll get to a supreme being on Earth! Bow down before...
Okay maybe I'm going a little far. He's just my favorite poet and I like how he had an outcast view of religion in a time when people we're drawing blood over whether Jesus was left handed.
Take care,
Jay
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Poetry?
Dec 14, 2006 12:37:54 GMT -5
Post by Dustin Neal on Dec 14, 2006 12:37:54 GMT -5
I enjoy Hughes as well!
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Poetry?
Dec 14, 2006 15:53:32 GMT -5
Post by GrumpyBigBee on Dec 14, 2006 15:53:32 GMT -5
I not into it as much as yall are but maybe you can suggest some titles and I will check into them. I am always up growth and learning new things.
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Poetry?
Dec 14, 2006 16:33:36 GMT -5
Post by Dustin Neal on Dec 14, 2006 16:33:36 GMT -5
Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Phillip Levine, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Gary Snyder, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes are good poets to check out.
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Poetry?
Dec 15, 2006 9:56:12 GMT -5
Post by GrumpyBigBee on Dec 15, 2006 9:56:12 GMT -5
thanks, Ill take some time next week and get into the stacks. =)
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Poetry?
Dec 15, 2006 10:33:06 GMT -5
Post by Trent Lawless on Dec 15, 2006 10:33:06 GMT -5
Rita Dove would be another one I'd add to the list. Never been much of a Maya Angelou fan, for whatever reason, but folks seem to dig her.
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Poetry?
Dec 15, 2006 13:07:57 GMT -5
Post by Dustin Neal on Dec 15, 2006 13:07:57 GMT -5
thanks, Ill take some time next week and get into the stacks. =) Enjoy! |
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Poetry?
Dec 25, 2006 16:32:09 GMT -5
Post by blueraider2 on Dec 25, 2006 16:32:09 GMT -5
did you trying writing some ?
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Poetry?
Dec 27, 2006 15:27:49 GMT -5
Post by offspring515 on Dec 27, 2006 15:27:49 GMT -5
Maya Angelou is sort of like the McDonalds of modern poetry. Everyone pretty much knows about it, and it's easy to get to, and it's fine for what it is....but you'd really rather have a nice steak than a McChicken sandwich. Just my take.
Lots of great stuff mentioned here. I'll add that Edgar Allan Poe has some wonderful, dark poetry that just comes to life when you read it. Not for everyone, but I like it.
I've written lots and lots of poetry over the years. Perhaps someday I'll share some with the board...I don't know if it's any good, but it means a lot to me.
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