ATTENTION
This is important
Tell me your favorite poems!
However, avoid anything that is:
- Poe, cummings, Plath, traditionally taught in university-level Spanish classes, Bukowski, Merwin, Brautigan, WCW, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Frost, O’Hara, Arp. Lovely as they all are, there is a 95% chance I will already have read the poem in question.
- Trite, girly, boring
- Extraordinarily long (like, I love “Howl,” but it’s just too fucking long for this)
Show me your stuff, tumblr! If you introduce me to something I’ve never read before that I absolutely love, I’ll find a way to reward you handsomely. Whatcha got?
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melsmith22 answered:
A poem that I have found particularly moving and profound is named “Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich” by the one and only Shel Silverstein.
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lysdexia answered:
poetryfoundation.org/po… MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP, KELLY. MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP.
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gstrnat answered:
Der Panther. (YOU TOTALLY DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING.)
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talentless-hack answered:
xanadu by coleridge is my favorite of all time.
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parhelions answered:
esastera.com/asamads…
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everseeking answered:
www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=FLuJs9WRp4o
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stickschicksandrobotdicks answered:
Pioneers! O Pioneers! by Whitman.
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