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Which poetry books and authors should I read?
Have never read poetry btw
Not much into romantic poetry desu but I would read it if recommended

>> No.19137697

100 selected poems e.e. cummings

robert frost, edgar allen poe, seamus heaney, t.s. eliot, stephen crane, bukowski...a good anthology like the norton book of poetry is really your best bet. get physical copy so you can flick through it.

today i read two very good books of poetry: the branch will not break by james wright and crow with no mouth by ikkyu.

>> No.19137709

>>19137697
this is one of my favourites from the james wright book

THE JEWEL

Thereisthiscave
Intheairbehindmybody
Thatnobodyisgoingtotouch:
Acloister,asilence
Closingaroundablossomoffire.
WhenIstanduprightinthewind,
Mybonesturntodarkemeralds.

>> No.19137714

>>19137709
another favourite from that book

LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY'S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA

Overmyhead,Iseethebronzebutterfly,
Asleepontheblacktrunk,
Blowinglikealeafingreenshadow.
Downtheravinebehindtheemptyhouse,
Thecowbellsfollowoneanother
Intothedistancesoftheafternoon.
Tomyright,
Inafieldofsunlightbetweentwopines,
Thedroppingsoflastyear'shorses
Blazeupintogoldenstones.
Ileanback,astheeveningdarkensandcomeson.
Achickenhawkfloatsover,lookingforhome.
Ihavewastedmylife.

>> No.19137721

>>19137714
fuck the formatting got fucked up from copypasting from the ebook. it's not like that. it has space between words. shame.

>> No.19138355

>>19137697
thanks, i will check these out
>>19137721
difficult to read kek, but i liked them
no issue

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Homer
Virgil
Dante
Milton

Read the epics. You need to learn that there's more to poetry than cute little love tales.

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19138456

Ariel by Sylvia Plath is my favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNXOA9CzAQ&ab_channel=TudorC

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>>19137663
Currently reading Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale, it's pretty good and I'm also not much into poetry

>> No.19138487

>>19138444
>>19138456
>>19138473
thanks for the recommendations
saving all to check them out

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this + complete poems of emily dickinson

>> No.19140054

Poetry recommendations are kinda hard to do because translations don't really work. So each language's treasure of poetry is kinda insular.
If you happen to speak German I recommend you to read the German expressionists.