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What are some good poetry books/compilations? Trying to get good at it

>> No.15735170

Depends on your mother tongue

>> No.15735181

poetry is pretty wide, are you trying to get good at reading or writing it? honestly, the norton anthologies are a good place to start, although marked up due to being taught at unis (get an older edition and itll be cheaper)

>> No.15735201

>>15735181
Writing it, but i do have trouble understanding it as well. I don’t want any entry level shit though. Thanks for the recommendation

>> No.15735238

>>15735201
dont worry too much about things being 'entry level' especially when youre a beginner: you likely wont improve if you only read things you hardly understand

>> No.15735359
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>>15735155
Based and arrowheadpilled

>> No.15735616
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15735616

Say whatever you will of Bloom, but this one is pretty good.

>> No.15736137

>>15735155
Honestly, starting with anthologies and theory can be too much of a chore for something that should be rather passionate. I'd suggest you start with any cannonical poet you like and start moving elsewhere til you feel the need of a broader, more general, theoretical and historical understanding of poetry. If I may suggest a book for you, Harold Bloom has a nice and pretty anotated edition of William Blake's poetry; Songs of Innocence & Experience is his best work.

>>15735181
Bookzz has many of them for free ;)
It's just missing the postmodern poetry one. Can't find that shit anywhere other than archive.org

>> No.15736173

>>15735616
He has some controversial takes, and will never buy into his cannon, although he's a terrific critic and one of the lasts to just appreciate literature as a work of art instead of doing dead, cold academic analysis or making a social study out of them.

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>>15735359
AND WHEN THEIR EARTHERN MOUTHS OPEN UP
JUST WHAT WORDS WILL COME OUT?
BUT
"WE WISH WE WERE DEAD"

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>>15735155
John William's Renaissance Poetry
Harold Bloom's Best Poems of the English Language
Des Imagistes by Various (Pound, Joyce, etc.)

>> No.15738393

>>15736173
He is a terrible critic. Just doing mindless close reading with no actual theory is not criticism.

>> No.15738422

>>15738393
what kinda theories and critics do you deem worthy?

>> No.15739637

>>15738393
it most certainly is

>> No.15739647

>>15735155
My versified diary desu

>> No.15739668

>>15735155
start with the best from your mother tongue, translating poetry is articide

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>>15737885
Slipping in and out of an ice bath
no warmth, no life without
it’s too much
my arms, my legs are wood
unconscious trees
with roots deep in the ground
we will all be out, soon
an ocean ringed with tile
I know that’s not your style
but it certainly will be mine
If I can’t get this right
so, please
please
please release me

>> No.15740807

>>15735170
English

>> No.15740825

Only read poets who committed suicide, the rest are not genuine and are not worth your time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Writers_who_committed_suicide

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pic related
>>15740825

>> No.15740892

>>15740797
You realize you're not saying something exceptional here, right?

>> No.15740945

>>15740825
>the rest are not genuine
based on what exactly?

>> No.15740974

>>15740945
Their continued existence.

>> No.15741925

Well I'm also interested in poetry but english isn't my first language, it is spanish (I'm from chile), but I don't know where to start can someone give me a few pointer. I don't want to start with Neruda just because I'm Chilean

>> No.15741946

>>15735155
Deathconsciousness?

>> No.15741959

Why are you trying to convince yourself that you want to write poetry when you're barely familiar with it?

>> No.15741994

>>15735155
Death of a Naturalist
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Goblin Market and Other Poems
Dramatic Lyrics
Poems: Three Series, Complete
The House of Life
The Weary Blues
Love is a Dog from Hell

>> No.15742109

>>15735155
Horace - Ars Poetica

>> No.15742553

>>15740892
You realize those are song lyrics from OP's picture, right?