katsy

Poetry is arguably a dying art form. I happen to enjoy it. I'm not a fan of the inaccessible works you may get in your lit class-- not that the stuff isn't anthologized for a good reason.

I am not a poet, just a fan. Even if I did write, I doubt I would have the balls to share it, so kudos to those who do.

I really enjoy modern/contemporary poets and their works. There are several literary magazines and on-line publications with a lot of good stuff from some very relevant poets.

I'm creating this thread to share some poems that I love. PLEASE feel free to add any you please or share any poets you like.

Some of my favorites:
Pablo Neruda
Kim Addonizio
Ash Bowen
Sylvia Plath
Emily Dickinson
William Meredith, just to list a few

This is one of my all-time favorites. It's the actual poet, Geoffrey Brock(who teaches at Arkansas), reading the poem, and the crude animation is amusing. Below the video is the actual poem.



It was so simple: you came back to me
And I was happy. Nothing seemed to matter
But that. That you had gone away from me
And lived for days with him—it didn’t matter.
That I had been left to care for our old dog
And house alone—couldn’t have mattered less!
On all this, you and I and our happy dog
Agreed. We slept. The world was worriless.

I woke in the morning, brimming with old joys
Till the fact-checker showed up, late, for work
And started in: Item: it’s years, not days.
Item: you had no dog. Item: she isn’t back,
In fact, she just remarried. And oh yes, item: you
Left her, remember? I did? I did. (I do.)

Geoffrey Brock

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Split the Lark-- and you'll find the Music - Emily Dickinson