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Post by Sandy, Empress of Owls on Mar 14, 2007 20:42:17 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE poetry! I have a bunch of poetry books. i love to write it and I am working on having some of my poems published. Two of them already have been! So, who likes poetry? My favorite poems are El Dorado by Edgar Allen Poe and Metaphors by Sylvia Plath
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Post by Mike on Mar 16, 2007 13:08:44 GMT -5
Poetry has made the past two weeks of my life miserable. I had to do this massive project on it. I had to answer questions and do a bunch of worksheets, then I had to top it off with a 3 page paper on poetry explaining imagery, unique types of poems, and sonnets.
Besides that my favorite poets are Robert Frost, Edgar Allen Poe, and my all time favorite Sokka ;D My favorite poems are "The Bells" by Poe, and "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.
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Post by Sandy, Empress of Owls on Mar 17, 2007 10:32:38 GMT -5
I would hate poetry too if I had to do a report like that! I didn't like Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Actually, I don't like anything by him. Hmmm... oh well. Of course, Sokka is my all time favorite poem too
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Post by gothloli on Mar 21, 2007 15:24:07 GMT -5
Jabberwocky is a cool poem with a lot of hidden themes in it^^^OFF TOPIC>>>it was used the Animatrix as a reference But anyway I love poetry I actually belong to a fanfiction site and I usually stick around in the poetry section, I own ton of books and anthologies and such, but my fave has to be Frost and June Jordan and e.e.Cummings
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Post by ZukosGirl on Mar 21, 2007 16:42:05 GMT -5
I love Poe! He is one of my favorites. I never really liked poetry until last semester when I took a creative writing class and had a published poet for a teacher. He does a lot of new age stuff. I don't think he's really well known but I liked his style of writing and he got me into writing some poetry. I'm not very good though.
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Post by Sasukesgirl93 on Mar 24, 2007 7:30:55 GMT -5
I liked poetry...but one of my teachers ruined it for me....
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Post by ZukosGirl on Mar 25, 2007 15:39:50 GMT -5
That sucks! What'd the teacher do?
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Post by demonofthewest on Mar 28, 2007 22:19:53 GMT -5
My guess is it involved a really lame assignment. Poetry is one of the most beautiful things in the world, but many teachers just don't understand poetry and spend too much time on interpretation and too little time on actually writing. Of course, few kids beside myself actually like writing poetry, so I can see why other teachers are hesitant to make us write.
My favorite poets are Edgar Allan Poe, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Allen Ginsburg, and Walt Whitman. I think Robert Frost is overrated. He's talented, but there are many other poets who deserve more recognition.
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Post by CountessRachel on Mar 30, 2007 21:00:34 GMT -5
Oh I agree entirely! Robert Frost is good, but not as great as everyone cracks him up to be. Personally, though not for my age range, I'm a BIG Shel Silverstein fan. ^_^ His peoms are amazing. I also love Langston Hughes. Poe, eh, I have to go with the critics. His prose is much better than his poetry.
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Post by Sasukesgirl93 on Apr 6, 2007 9:10:55 GMT -5
That sucks! What'd the teacher do? she made us make up our own poems and read them aloud to the class and mine was really bad and the whole class made fun of me..T-T
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Post by ephemeraldraven on May 13, 2007 18:30:48 GMT -5
To say that I'm into poetry would be an exaggeration. I'm in college for Creative Writing, and am planning to pursue an MFA in it as well, with a concentration in Poetry (most likely) after I graduate. If anyone is interested in reading / critiquing any of my stuff, PM and I'll give you a link to my deviantART portfolio. I'm not as into 'classic' poetry, though like most people I will always adore Poe. More modern / post-modern poets are incredibly interesting to me, though. My favorite poets right now include: Franz Wright, Charles Bukowski, Ellyn Maybe, Dan Kooser, and I'm into a lot of the 'beat poets' as well.
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Post by waterfire (I am back!!!) on May 13, 2007 18:38:00 GMT -5
I love poetry I even write some of my own actually alot
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Post by wildimagination on May 14, 2007 14:20:09 GMT -5
I'm not really into poetry, but I have an Emily Dickenson poem collection.
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Post by avatariaxxxmari on May 14, 2007 14:22:26 GMT -5
I read it, and I write it! Overall it's my favorite to write =D
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