Your favorite poets.

pbradley · 03.18.2009, 02:11 AM

I searched and could not find. Does this mean I get to be that twat that brings it up? You bet.

I would think my brother knows more poetry than I but I've really gotten into a few poems by Gregory Corso and Diane DePrima.

I HATE OLD POETMEN!

Florya · 03.18.2009, 04:38 AM

Bukowski
Ginsberg
Ferlenghetti
Cutler
Milligan
Belloc
Lear

Sonic Youth 37 · 03.18.2009, 07:20 AM

Dante and Poe. I hate most poetry.

Johnny "Magic Fingers" · 03.18.2009, 07:34 AM

I s'pose I'd be cheating if I started naming a bunch of songwriters (such as Nick Cave or Leo Cohen) even though that's where I get my 'poetry fix' as such.

As I look over at my bookcase, I notice my collections of Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot and heaps of anthologies - but do ya reckon I've actually read through 'em all? Noooo....

demonrail666 · 03.18.2009, 08:30 AM

My favourite right now is probably Philip Larkin

Excerpt from 'The Old Fools':

What do they think has happened, the old fools,
To make them like this? Do they somehow suppose
It's more grown-up when your mouth hangs open and drools,
And you keep on pissing yourself, and can't remember
Who called this morning? Or that, if they only chose,
They could alter things back to when they danced all night,
Or went to their wedding, or sloped arms some September?
Or do they fancy there's really been no change,
And they've always behaved as if they were crippled or tight,
Or sat through days of thin continuous dreaming
Watching light move? If they don't (and they can't), it's strange:
Why aren't they screaming?

nicfit · 03.18.2009, 08:51 AM

Blake
scieccspirs

03.18.2009, 09:03 AM

shakespears?

Rob Instigator · 03.18.2009, 09:42 AM

I only have one
Charles Bukowski

A Radio With Guts

it was on the 2nd floor on Coronado Street
I used to get drunk
and throw the radio through the window
while it was playing, and, of course,
it would break the glass in the window
and the radio would sit there on the roof
still playing
and I'd tell my woman,
"Ah, what a marvelous radio!"
the next morning I'd take the window
off the hinges
and carry it down the street
to the glass man
who would put in another pane.
I kept throwing that radio through the window
each time I got drunk
and it would sit there on the roof
still playing-
a magic radio
a radio with guts,
and each morning I'd take the window
back to the glass man.
I don't remember how it ended exactly
though I do remember
we finally moved out.
there was a woman downstairs who worked in
the garden in her bathing suit,
she really dug with that trowel
and she put her behind up in the air
and I used to sit in the window
and watch the sun shine all over that thing
while the music played.

terminal pharmacy · 03.18.2009, 09:50 AM

William Blake without a doubt is all time favourite

Emily Dickinson

!@#$%! · 03.18.2009, 10:28 AM

sappho
homer
martin adan
neruda
cesar vallejo
petrarca
pound
yeats
tears eliot
baudelaire!
rimbaud
goethe
RILKE
mallarme
the guys who wrote el cid, la chanson de roland
gary soto
elizabeth bishop
dante (some)
whitman! whitman! whitman!
catullus
dylan thomas
blake!
joy harjo
yehuda amichai
garcia lorca
gongora
quevedo
lope de vega
joyce
gerald manley hopkins
vicente huidobro
mark strand
w.d. snodgrass
netzahualcoyotl
jose gorostiza

etc

etc

Antagon · 03.18.2009, 10:34 AM

Lydia Lunch

Alex's Trip · 03.18.2009, 11:55 AM

Bukowski
Ginsberg
Plath
Ciardi
Whitman
Auden
Keats

batreleaser · 03.18.2009, 12:10 PM

get the obvious ones outta the way first; bukouski number one always, ginsberg, burrouhs, walt whitman, yeats, rimbaud, etc.. i read waaaaaaaaaay more novels, history, philosophy, news, music reviews, etc.. than poetry (i.e. not much). though i do write bad poetry to squal through my contact mic wit my new band ZEIZMIC DIZGUIZE

i do have an affinity for latin american poetry; especially nancy moreon and nicolas guillen.

flophousefloozie · 03.18.2009, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

I searched and could not find. Does this mean I get to be that twat that brings it up? You bet.

I would think my brother knows more poetry than I but I've really gotten into a few poems by Gregory Corso and Diane DePrima.

I HATE OLD POETMEN!

I like Corso, as well. For Homer is one of my favourites. It's so oddly optimistic, yet truthful, and in that sense, a bit bleak.

The Whole Mess... Almost is another I like for it being apathetic, yet playful.

Kallisti23chaos · 03.19.2009, 03:18 AM

gary snyder

MellySingsDoom · 06.07.2009, 03:14 PM

I'm not wildly hot on poetry, to be honest, but a v recent convo with Sir Sarram has made me think about Allen "Yes, Him With The Beard" Ginsberg - is he really deserving of his "legendary" reputation? I would say that whilst I am rather a fan of some of his work (mainly the earlier stuff), I would also say that he's foisted a hell of a lot of literary tosh on the world too. What say you good people?

ploesj · 06.07.2009, 03:17 PM

baudelaire.

Satan · 06.07.2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ploesj

baudelaire.

damnit i was just going to say that

jennthebenn · 06.07.2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

I'm not wildly hot on poetry, to be honest, but a v recent convo with Sir Sarram has made me think about Allen "Yes, Him With The Beard" Ginsberg - is he really deserving of his "legendary" reputation? I would say that whilst I am rather a fan of some of his work (mainly the earlier stuff), I would also say that he's foisted a hell of a lot of literary tosh on the world too. What say you good people?

Much like Kerouac, Ginsberg's work screamed for editing. Gems hidden among
line after line of insignificance.

MellySingsDoom · 06.07.2009, 03:35 PM

^^^Its funny isn't it how Ginsberg could be a good editor of other peoples work, but could never apply it to himself. If memory serves (and God help me it's a bit iffy at the best of times), I recall having a drunken rant on here aeons ago about how Ginsberg's embracing of the hippie culture basically killed off his poetic mojo, and let to an endless tide of let-it-all-hang-loose-man idiocy, not to mention him crafting painfully bad "lyrics" to his songs.

Poor Allen - the "poetry with harmonium" genre was pretty much sewn up by Nico (gimme Deutsche gloom to sunny San Fran vibes anyday), and his adoption of Buddhism just seemed to make him increasingly woolly.

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Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	Bukowski Ginsberg Ferlenghetti Cutler Milligan Belloc Lear __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Dante and Poe. I hate most poetry. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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Johnny "Magic Fingers" children of satan Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: A downward spiral Posts: 318	I s'pose I'd be cheating if I started naming a bunch of songwriters (such as Nick Cave or Leo Cohen) even though that's where I get my 'poetry fix' as such. As I look over at my bookcase, I notice my collections of Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot and heaps of anthologies - but do ya reckon I've actually read through 'em all? Noooo....
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	My favourite right now is probably Philip Larkin Excerpt from 'The Old Fools': What do they think has happened, the old fools, To make them like this? Do they somehow suppose It's more grown-up when your mouth hangs open and drools, And you keep on pissing yourself, and can't remember Who called this morning? Or that, if they only chose, They could alter things back to when they danced all night, Or went to their wedding, or sloped arms some September? Or do they fancy there's really been no change, And they've always behaved as if they were crippled or tight, Or sat through days of thin continuous dreaming Watching light move? If they don't (and they can't), it's strange: Why aren't they screaming?
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al shabbray Posts: n/a	shakespears?
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	I only have one Charles Bukowski A Radio With Guts it was on the 2nd floor on Coronado Street I used to get drunk and throw the radio through the window while it was playing, and, of course, it would break the glass in the window and the radio would sit there on the roof still playing and I'd tell my woman, "Ah, what a marvelous radio!" the next morning I'd take the window off the hinges and carry it down the street to the glass man who would put in another pane. I kept throwing that radio through the window each time I got drunk and it would sit there on the roof still playing- a magic radio a radio with guts, and each morning I'd take the window back to the glass man. I don't remember how it ended exactly though I do remember we finally moved out. there was a woman downstairs who worked in the garden in her bathing suit, she really dug with that trowel and she put her behind up in the air and I used to sit in the window and watch the sun shine all over that thing while the music played. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	William Blake without a doubt is all time favourite Emily Dickinson
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	sappho homer martin adan neruda cesar vallejo petrarca pound yeats tears eliot baudelaire! rimbaud goethe RILKE mallarme the guys who wrote el cid, la chanson de roland gary soto elizabeth bishop dante (some) whitman! whitman! whitman! catullus dylan thomas blake! joy harjo yehuda amichai garcia lorca gongora quevedo lope de vega joyce gerald manley hopkins vicente huidobro mark strand w.d. snodgrass netzahualcoyotl jose gorostiza etc etc
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	get the obvious ones outta the way first; bukouski number one always, ginsberg, burrouhs, walt whitman, yeats, rimbaud, etc.. i read waaaaaaaaaay more novels, history, philosophy, news, music reviews, etc.. than poetry (i.e. not much). though i do write bad poetry to squal through my contact mic wit my new band ZEIZMIC DIZGUIZE i do have an affinity for latin american poetry; especially nancy moreon and nicolas guillen. __________________ listen to pink reason
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Kallisti23chaos children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Akron,Ohio Posts: 310	gary snyder __________________ "Every Man And Every Woman Is A Star "
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	I'm not wildly hot on poetry, to be honest, but a v recent convo with Sir Sarram has made me think about Allen "Yes, Him With The Beard" Ginsberg - is he really deserving of his "legendary" reputation? I would say that whilst I am rather a fan of some of his work (mainly the earlier stuff), I would also say that he's foisted a hell of a lot of literary tosh on the world too. What say you good people? __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	baudelaire. __________________ blog flickr
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	^^^Its funny isn't it how Ginsberg could be a good editor of other peoples work, but could never apply it to himself. If memory serves (and God help me it's a bit iffy at the best of times), I recall having a drunken rant on here aeons ago about how Ginsberg's embracing of the hippie culture basically killed off his poetic mojo, and let to an endless tide of let-it-all-hang-loose-man idiocy, not to mention him crafting painfully bad "lyrics" to his songs. Poor Allen - the "poetry with harmonium" genre was pretty much sewn up by Nico (gimme Deutsche gloom to sunny San Fran vibes anyday), and his adoption of Buddhism just seemed to make him increasingly woolly. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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