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Seems like a lot of the major poets are depressed sacks of shit navel-gazing all the time. I like the kind of poems that deal with death, injustices, the woes of the world, unrequited love,etc. but I don't know a lot of 'canonical' works that are completely life-affirming, positive and funny without any irony, without any dark themes.
Do you, anons?

>> No.16901337

lots of Japanese and Chinese poetry is cheerful, of course reading it in translation it reads less as poetry and more short diary entries, but it's still enjoyable

>> No.16901374

>>16901325
Blueberries by Robert Frost brings a smile to my face.

>> No.16901378

>>16901325
Happy people don't create anything worth reading. They've never had the impetus.

>> No.16901522

>>16901374
True. Thanks for the tip.
>>16901378
I tend to agree but wish it weren't so. Any beautiful poems you want to share? I would also accept tender and melancholic ones if they aren't too overtly about misery and death.

>> No.16901659

>>16901325

>Touch (Thom Gunn)
Getting into bed in a comfy way

>somewhere i have never travelled (e e cummings)
Nio-one not even the rain has such small hands

>You're (Sylvia Plath)
Sylvia has this child

>Full Moon and Little Frieda (Ted Hughes)
Ted has this child

>This is just to say (William Carlos Williams)
Plum-stealers should be hung up by their toes

>Not To Sleep (Robert Graves)
tfw gf

>> No.16901858

>>16901325
Pablo Neruda is pretty wholesome

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>>16901858
If you're including love poetry then Abu Nuwas and Kuffiyah are the obvious answers.

>> No.16901953

>>16901325
Ariosto