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Greatest poet ever?

>> No.19137431

>>19137406
N

>> No.19137455

>>19137431
You don't even know who that is I'm betting

>> No.19137458

>>19137406
Not even top 500.

>> No.19137465

>>19137406
That would be Dylan Thomas (in English).

>> No.19137470

>>19137406
Better than Poe, that emo fuck

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>>19137406
R.Cam

>> No.19137480

>>19137476
low IQ schizo

>> No.19137482

>>19137406
Are you joking?
He wrote some good poems, but he's not even in the top 20 of his own language in his own country.
If you want to shill some black poet, Walcott and Guillén would have been better choices.

>> No.19137513

Phenomenal poet and writer, and overall a great man.

>> No.19137521

>>19137482
The quality of poem can be accurately measured by if its chosen as lyrics to a song by a talented artist. Hughes' poems have been, more than anyone else's, turned to songs by many very talented artists, nobody else's poems have been covered by so many different musicians, that's fact. Therfore, he is the best poet to have ever been.

>> No.19137534

>>19137480
Read Hegel. Read Blake. Read Kojeve.

>> No.19137613

>>19137521
>The quality of poem can be accurately measured by if its chosen as lyrics to a song by a talented artist.
[Headcanon]

>> No.19137623

>>19137613
>[Headcanon]
>no argument

>> No.19137628

That would be Dylan, Bob. (In English)

>> No.19137658

>>19137534
cringe

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>> No.19137669

>>19137667
guess what

>> No.19137702

>>19137628
How in Heebronics? שבתאי זיסל בן אברהם

>> No.19137708

>>19137702
Bob is a Christian

>> No.19137724

>>19137406
François de Villon

>> No.19137919

>>19137406
>Greatest poet ever?

No, but he is indeed an excellent poet. I think he's great (just not the greatest).

Btw, we're talking about Langston Hughes in this thread. This is his first published poem, written when he was 17:

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

>> No.19137940

>>19137919
Op here, first heard that poem in a song by Gary Bartz, it really is beautiful

>> No.19137950

>>19137940
I love that poem. It is a beautiful poem.

>> No.19138041

>>19137623
>arbitrary metrics
>argument

>> No.19138106

Could anyone recommend me some books of lyrical ballads or long form poetry of the like?

>> No.19138177

>>19137406
low-effort bait

>>19137465
correct answer

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>>19137476
>R.Cam
Twitter posts don't count as poetry, Logo.

>> No.19138770

>>19138177
0/10

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>>19137406
no

>> No.19139119

>>19138781
Close, but not even the best German expressionist called Georg.
That would be Georg Heym, the actual greatest poet ever.

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19139304

*ahem*

>> No.19139335

The best black poets aren’t even angl*ids. No offense to Walcott. Hughes is obviously minor (not even rated outside yankeeland really).