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Lupa 13 Aug @ 3:30pm

Favorite Poems?

I'm a huge fan of the works of William Blake. I keep a complete edition as well as a book of selected works to read for travel. Auguries of Innocence, The Tyger, Night, The Human Abstract, and A Poison Tree being some of my favorites of his. I enjoy Jarod K. Anderson's Sentry and Sit with Me. I also enjoy Weep You No More, Sad Fountains by John Dowland as well as Western Wind, an anonymous poem.

I've been wanting to branch out more into different works but I'm just not sure where to start so if anyone has recommendations I'd like to hear them.

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Grug 13 Aug @ 3:32pm

Poetry is gay

Lupa 13 Aug @ 3:33pm

Originally posted by Grug:
Poetry is gay

I guess that's what made me so today lol

eram 13 Aug @ 3:38pm

I've got 300 pigs!!

That was Kevin with another one of his bloody lies

You ain't even got a farm mate!

Tim Key - Poet

Tanya googled herself...

Still nothing.

Delta Fuxtrot 13 Aug @ 3:41pm

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an absolute banger.

Electric Cupcake 13 Aug @ 3:42pm

Originally posted by Grug:
Poetry is gay

Trying to get scouted by that skraeling Tuberville?

https://newrepublic.com/post/175422/tommy-tuberville-real-military-threat-sailors-reading-poems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6TkGzARCjU

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Electric Cupcake 13 Aug @ 3:44pm

Originally posted by Delta Fuxtrot:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an absolute banger.

Pisses me off when people think I'm referring to Metallica.

Almost as much as it pisses me off when people think The Piper at the Gates of Dawn refers to Pink Floyd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Webf-RoaJA

Electric Cupcake 13 Aug @ 3:47pm

I've always loved The Wanderer, and not just because Tolkien quoted part of it during the Battle of the Hornburg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyXDYp60BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVEYcTyj1Do

Mina 13 Aug @ 3:51pm

siren song from margaret atwood

Lupa 13 Aug @ 3:56pm

Originally posted by Delta Fuxtrot:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an absolute banger.

Just started reading some of it and I really like the way it flows! I'll add Coleridge to the list of poets to check out. Thank you!

L1qu1dator 13 Aug @ 3:58pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdQ3CcPHQU

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Morrandir 13 Aug @ 4:01pm

the Iliad and the odyssey

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Delta Fuxtrot 13 Aug @ 4:06pm

Originally posted by Lupa:
Originally posted by Delta Fuxtrot:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an absolute banger.
Just started reading some of it and I really like the way it flows! I'll add Coleridge to the list of poets to check out. Thank you!

No problem! And just my opinion: the optimal approach to experiencing Rime of the Ancient Mariner is doing so alongside viewing the artwork from Gustave Doré. Great story on its own, but they go so well together. I’d argue it’s a story + illustration combo that’s on par with Alvin Schwartz & Stephen Gammell (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy).

https://youtu.be/GqHfg042i24?si=8ff9GwdyCRCecrkS

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Lupa 13 Aug @ 4:09pm

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:
I've always loved The Wanderer, and not just because Tolkien quoted part of it during the Battle of the Hornburg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyXDYp60BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVEYcTyj1Do

I didn't know about that! I'll be sure to check it out then.

Originally posted by Mina:
siren song from margaret atwood

This one is a beautiful poem, it gave me a chuckle at the end "it is a boring song but it works everytime".

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Lupa 13 Aug @ 4:15pm

Originally posted by L1qu1dator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdQ3CcPHQU

:Ravenous:

A classic for sure.

Originally posted by Morrandir:
the Iliad and the odyssey

I've actually been preparing to read the Illiad! I have the Robert Fangles translation and it starts with an introduction covering the translation, what the Iliad is about, Homer himself, and the history surrounding the time such as the Trojan War. I like reading up on such things because it gives me a better understanding of the material.

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Morrandir 13 Aug @ 4:19pm

Originally posted by Lupa:
Originally posted by L1qu1dator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAdQ3CcPHQU

:Ravenous:
A classic for sure.

Originally posted by Morrandir:
the Iliad and the odyssey
I've actually been preparing to read the Illiad! I have the Robert Fangles translation and it starts with an introduction covering the translation, what the Iliad is about, Homer himself, and the history surrounding the time such as the Trojan War. I like reading up on such things because it gives me a better understanding of the material.

I's recommend the Robert Fitzgerald version

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