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!
I just read his All-American Poem in April thanks to some librarians’ curated National Poetry Month display. It’s ecstatic, melancholy, silly sometimes. Check out “Grief” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150394/grief-5d0c057c36f0c
There is a lot to examine in that poem, wow! I love the last five lines-the tonal shift is excellent!
Oh wow. That is wonderful! I’ll have to read it several more times in the morning. Thank you for sharing!