Poetry and stuff...

[druffine]

K, flist , I need your help.

I want to get to know some poetry and the likes but I have no idea where to start with that, I mean I don't even know the children's rhymes and such...

So please, if you have a moment, paste me your favorite poem or one you think I should know into a comment and maybe a few words about it.

Thanks very much.

Oh and finally... it's over.

Comments

[authoressnebula.livejournal.com]

I love Emily Dickinson. Adore her. Probably my favorite of hers is this:

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

That first part is my favorite. That poem and her 'I'm Nobody!' poem are my two top favorites. ^_^

Now, for something a little more modern, try 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph, found here.

~Nebula

[druffine.livejournal.com]

I really like the poem you pasted in, it makes me smile and warms my heart. The imagery is very good.

The poem you linked, it amuses me, I like people breaking out of the normal routine, I like it when they can humour themselves and smile about it.

Thank you very much for showing me.