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

[bunnyohare.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be trite and admit to enjoying the calming work of Walt Whitman. You can check out his different versions of Leaves of Grass here.

He loved to edit his work and re-write it. The last version of Leaves of Grass was from 1891-1892 .

FYI, I Sing the Body Electric is one of my favorites, but it is too long to include in a comment.

[druffine.livejournal.com]

Oh I like it.

You shall no longer take things at second or third
hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead,
nor feed on the spectres in books ;
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take
things from me,
You shall listen to all sides, and filter them from your-
self.

He's so very right.

Thank you.