/lit/ - Literature

>>8098148
Any recommendations?

OP, I found this pic a while back. I read some Ginsberg and Bukowski, thinking of getting more into poetry myself.

>>8098176
Norton Anthology is massive, any smaller recs for beginners?

Is this poetry guide useful? I bought a book, "Essential Ginsberg" and really enjoyed it. Trying to get more into poetry. I'm thinking of trying the Bukowski book in pic related. His poetry seems simple and straightforward.

Fucking newfags and summerfags everywhere. How have you guys not seen this, like, 1000 times? Plus /lit/ already has a fucking poetry essentials to, and yes, fucking walt whitman is there goddammit.

Hey /lit/, is that calibre server down for good? Pic kinda related.

So, my gf is going to Italy for 3 weeks, and our only contact will be by video chat weekly (maybe more), and postcards. I want to buy her a book of poetry from this list (or not, whatever), but I can't decide.

She loves Walt Whitman and has Leaves of Grass. I love Robert Frost, so I'm thinking of getting her that book. I'm also considering The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, another one of my favorites.
What do you think would be a nice book for a boy to give to a girl as she leaves him for 3 weeks to stay in Italy?
Anything Italian (not totally in italian though -- she can speak it a bit but I don't know how fluent she is in Italian)?

Is there a better recommendation list for poetry? Specifically from the last century?

Here's the poetry guide from the wiki.

For other authors you may like, Phillip K. Dick and Peter S. Beagle if you don't have them already.

>>2116469
Forgot my picture.

>>2042398

Take this picture with a grain of salt. If you want something that's annotated, I suggest you find a generic book about poetry and techniques, or a book of poetry criticism, I'd recommend "Rhyme's Reason" by John Hollander but it's specific about structure..

>>1921458
tbch i don't agree with it 100% but it's the best i've seen