Here is a non-exhaustive list of my favorite poems:
Title: the man inside the chipmunk suit
Author: Thomas Lux
Comments: Any aspiring actor should read this poem. It’s so funny and so true.
Title: A song in the front yard
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Comments: The speaker of this poem is a good little girl who wants to be bad.
Title: driving to town late to mail a letter
Author: Robert Bly
Comments: This is one of my favorite Bly poems. Like many of his others, it’s reflective and simple.
Title: a study of reading habits
Author: Phillip Larkin
Comments: Fantastic. I found this one during my senior year in high school.
Title: When I heard the learned astronomer
Author: Walt Whitman
Comments: Talks about the difference between artistic and scientific appreciation of things. It reminds me of a lot of the thoughts expressed in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
Title: Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
Author: Shel Silverstein
Comments: Reading this poem aloud is a pleasure.
Title: Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat Nor Drink
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Comments: This is a lovely sonnet about a universal human need: love. The first time I read it, it made such an impression on me that I decided to memorize it. I can now recite it at request. It’s got a rhythm that sticks with you.
Title: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Comments: Another beautiful sonnet. A reflection on past lovers.
Title: Song of Myself
Author: Walt Whitman
Comments: I don’t know if I’ve actually read the whole thing. Song of Myself is long and thick. But I’ve spent many hours starting, skimming, and thinking about it.
Title: Fork
Author: Charles Simic
Comments: Read this poem and you won’t look at forks the same way.
Title: To My Dear and Loving Husband
Author: Anne Bradstreet
Comments: A pure poem from a Puritan. If this poem were a true representation of Mrs. Bradstreet’s character, any husband would be happy and proud to have such a woman as Mrs. Bradstreet for a wife.
Title: Jabberwocky
Author: Lewis Carrol
Comments: I feel a kinship with Lewis Carrol; we both make up words.
Title: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Author: Robert Frost
Comments:
Title: Howl
Author: Allen Ginsberg
Comments: Yes, it’s vulgar. And yes, this poem runs absolutely contrary to my sense of morality, but this poem is just awesome. It’s epic.
Title: The Unknown Citizen
Author: W. H. Auden
Comments: Proponents of socialism should read this poem. That is not to say that this poem is political in nature. It’s also about families.
Title: Those Winter Sundays
Author: Robert Hayden
Comments: A beautiful poem about the relationship between a father and a son.
Title: Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump
Author: David Bottoms
Comments: What I love about this poem is the subject matter. Generally speaking, poetry gives off a pretentious vibe. So sometimes it’s refreshing to read a poem about shooting rats at a landfill.
Title: Chicago
Author: Carl Sandburg
Comments: I’m tired of making comments. Just go read the poem.
Title: The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon-Colored Gloves
Author: Patchen Ferguson
Comments: See my previous comments.
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4 comments:
Where, per chance, might one cast eyes on these works to drink as thou hast drunk?
The first comment was from me.
The Boid
Google them. Or visit your local library. I sort of prefer reading from paper more than computer screens. Maybe it's because computer screens usually have advertisements on them nowadays.
So after searching through your archives and reading your poems and the quasi-horrific experience in Tennesee I have to say that I'm now going to have to jump on the telemoonfa bandwagon. . .perhaps I'll be a regular visitor. Thanks to "the wife" for hooking me up with the blog address.
Angela
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