Hello, fellow fediverse poetry lovers! Like the title suggests, who are your favorite poets? I figured a post like this could be fun and could help us all discover new poets!
To start things off, I’ll list my top three at the moment:
- William Carlos Williams
- Pablo Neruda
- T.S. Elliot
Happy to elaborate on why I chose any of them or share my recommendations for poems by any of them. More importantly, though, I’d love to hear what you guys think!
Also an excellent selection. You know, it’s funny: I really enjoy Ezra Pound (huge fan of Na Audiart). And despite her association there with, I’ve never really gotten into HD. Would you have any recommended starting points?
I mean given you like Pound I feel I have to suggest “Epigram” and “Priapus”
I will be investigating those poems after work today, thank you very much!
I posted a poet spotlight about Marianne Moore, a contemporary of HD’s, not too long ago. Also, HD was one of the first poets I posted here: https://lemmy.world/post/58034
I wouldn’t say that work in particular is representative of her whole style, but she was very eclectic in her subject matter. If you dig into it, you’ll find work of hers that speaks to you!
After reading Helen via your post, I’m even more excited to get into imotali’s recommendations after work today. I’m a sucker for the imagists and I’m also a sucker for heavy use of allusion, so that scratched several itches of mine.
As a side note, I see you’re the person responsible for creating this community! On behalf of all of us, thank you for doing so!