Hello, fellow fediverse poetry lovers! Like the title suggests, who are your favorite poets? I figured a post like this could be fun and could help us all discover new poets!

To start things off, I’ll list my top three at the moment:

  1. William Carlos Williams
  2. Pablo Neruda
  3. T.S. Elliot

Happy to elaborate on why I chose any of them or share my recommendations for poems by any of them. More importantly, though, I’d love to hear what you guys think!

  • Scaldart@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    What an interesting question! I think it depends a lot on how we define “favorite,” so I’m going to be roundabout.

    My formative poets:

    • W. B. Yeats
    • Edgar Allan Poe
    • T. S. Eliot
    • Robert Frost

    My favorite reads:

    • e.e. Cummings
    • T. S. Eliot
    • Charles Bukowski
    • Longfellow

    I won’t endeavor to create a comprehensive list for those that I enjoy—it would be inexhaustible—but if anyone is interested, I can provide recommendations. Lol.

    Thanks for the question! It’s interesting to think about.