"Scaffolding Seamus Heaney is one of my favourites
I like a lot of Wendy Cope's stuff too.
If they qualify as poetry some of the Psalms are pretty good too"
Until I read Heaney slowly, it never made any great impact. It's the opposite of Ginsberg, but both all about voice. |
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Anything by Caleb Femi. His book, Poor is a collection of the most beautiful, relatable poems I’ve ever read. I return often to his Thirteen and Schrödinger’s Black.
I recently read modern times by Cathy Sweeney which was alright too. Some decent ones in there. |
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William Shakespeare, Sonnet 73.
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest …
1 of the great Bards' poems about growing old that I love  |
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In thd English language it is
Dylan Thomas - Do not go gentle into that good night. Know it's a typical choice but listening to him recite it makes me well up each and every time.
In Welsh it's Hon - T. H. Parry-Williams. Which encapsulates the feeling of loosing Wales and her culture. |
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Tennyson for nice contemplative reading. I love Ulysses and The Lotus Eaters
For a quick read and with clever little life lessons then A E Housman is great stuff…
“ I to my perils of cheat and charmer
Came clad in armour by stars benign,
Hope lies to mortals and most believe her,
But man’s deceiver was never mine.
The thoughts of others were light and fleeting,
Of lovers meeting, or luck, or fame.
Mine were of trouble and mine were steady
So I was ready when trouble came!
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"William Blake "
Blake - for the overall "poem" that the visions, mythology, politics, engravings, and words all brought together.
No one like it in English history.
He couldn't have done it without Catherine, and the Blake Society are now making sure she gets significantly better recognition.
Just poems - magickal words on paper - Donne.
But Blake is beyond poetry, and we really haven't caught up with him yet.
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