Young Writers Society

Hey all,

I'm looking for a collection of poetry [or specific poems, whatever] to read so I can study up. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Amelia

Hmmm *laughs* why have I always thought he was a playwrite...

Thanks Claudette


EDIT: just kidding....I just wikipedia'd him....

Lord Alfred Tennyson.


The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

That is his best poem

hah, well, Oscar Wilde was a playwright, an author, and a poet, so...

I love Break, Blow, and Burn, which is a collection compiled by Camilia Paglia. Not only does it have some awesome poems in it, but also her analysis of the poems. Pretty cool!

I was also recommended to this book, Sound and Sense which also analyzes poetry and has a pretty good selection.

And, of course, I got the complete collection of Emily Dickenson! w00t!

An amazing compilation is The Oxford Book of American Poetry. You can find it for sale here. It's a little on the expensive side, but it's definitely worth it to get in touch with your American poets, spanning the centuries.

An amazing compilation is The Oxford Book of American Poetry

whee, I found it in the library ^_^
Is there anything specific you'd recommend, as the book itself is rather formidable?

Touched By Fire is the best English poem anthology ever made. It's the one used for the international GCSE program.

Death of a Naturalist -- Seamus Heaney
The Waste Land -- TS Eliot
Kid -- Simon Armitage

All I have on mind right now.

Here's some suggestions, hon.

New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
Isobel Dixon @ Poetry International Web
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats @ Amazon
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
Any of the Penguin Poetry Anthologies (listed @ Wikipedia)
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry

Have fun.

Ta,
Cal.

If you want stuff that's blow your head off funny, try Ogden Nash. Of course I will also recommend Robert Frost. Lewis Carroll is a great one to look at if you're looking for something kind of off-the-wall, but they're really quite good. He should be known for his poetry more than he is. (And in case you've forgotten in all the Post-Ogden Nash euphoria, Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass")

Thanks all! *scurries to library to search*

I'm not sure if it helps at all, or counts at all, but have you read any Bob Dylan, John Lennon or Jim White lyrics? It's kind-of poetry, right?