2025.08.30 // I'm having a Bernstein bears situation with "But *I have* loved the pilgrim soul in you", and I feel like it hits harder. Maybe it's romantic but I like the idea of the speaker grabbing the reins here in first person.
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Dear 76 followers, who is your favourite poet? No wrong answers.
I don't follow poetry enough to give a qualified answer. I liked (and continue to like) the poem "Ozymandias" (both versions) even before it became cool again.
That's a completely valid option. I was just considering that if I only cite Wilde and Yeats it'll eventually become evident I never actually went to grad school. Besides, that poem whips.
See, right there, I didn't even know the Smith version. Thank you!
Also, asterion, congrats on making it to front page, gob dam.
i love love audre lorde's work so much, "hanging fire" and "from the house of YemanjΓ‘" were my introductions to her
I don't read much overseas poetry, only known pretty much Vietnamese poets. So I guess Xuan Quynh would be my favorite for her focus on childhood memories and inner self
Sylvia Plath. I find her work to be haunting, beautiful, and relatable in a way that few other poets have managed.
Sorry, extremely busy day today. Plath is one of my faves too. Will be reading all of those tomorrow.
Well... You'll laugh, but it's Edward Lear π