Poetry Corner

thorold: Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,
A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,
I had not thought death had undone so many.

thorold: If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say
“I love her for her smile—her look—her way Of speaking gently

aulsmith: Tyger, tyger, burning bright

aulsmith : I've found other poets who actually strive to be understood

aulsmith: If you do nothing else, read Virginia Woolf's first impressions of this poem.

thorold: When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away."

aulsmith: With your unconstraining voice, still persuade us to rejoice ...

thorold: Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love.

aulsmith: A very interesting anthology set up by verse form. There is an explanation of the form and then example, both classic and modern.

aulsmith: Or any translation. Or even the original Greek

aulsmith: I'll admit that Ginsberg's reputation rest more on being famous than his poetry, but Howl, Sunflower Sutra, Kaddish and a few others are very fine poems and speak from a position rarely encountered in the plethera of academic American poetry.

SplendorofDelight: A concise guide to formal poetry

thorold: so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

aulsmith: I like Rexroth's translation much better than his own poetry.

aulsmith: Ship me somewhere east of Suez ...

thorold: "Oh, my Friends, be warned by me,
That Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, and Tea
Are all the Human Frame requires..."

thorold: Auf seinen Nasen schreitet
einher das Nasobem,
von seinem Kind begleitet.

teresadeiter3: i love his work very much even the reaven

thorold: Probably the best anthology of English poetry ever

aulsmith: Some of her work is much too sentimental for current tastes, but when she's down to earth or snarky, she can be great