Larsen B 26 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 This is my attempt to create a thread more stimulating than those with links to really shit things you can buy on e-bay or those about ninjas or pirates.So, who's everyones favourite poets? I don't really read a lot of poetry but mine would have to Allen Ginsberg. His poem books Howl and Fall of America are excellent. Some of his poems tend to be a little too homo-erotic for my liking but he shares the knack with Kerouac for catching that poignant moment when you realise something has passed but you feel like you're the only one who has noticed or cares. I've also read Saul Williams' She which was good if a little too self-indulgent. I've been meaning to read something by Phillip Larkin or Slyvia Plath but haven't as of yet. Perhaps Demon Cleaner will help me out in that respect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaun 5 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 allen ginsberg.bob dylan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Kenneth PatchenLawrence Ferlenghetti (sp?)Keith DouglasRobert Burns Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demon Of The Fall 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 http://ninjapirate.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larsen B 26 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Kenneth PatchenLawrence Ferlenghetti (sp?)Keith DouglasRobert BurnsYeah, I think that's how you spell Ferlenghetti. I've been meaning to read something by him as he was a key part of the Beat Generation both as a writer and publisher. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dayeth 11 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 When I was one it justBegun the day I went toSee I climbed aboard aPirate ship and the captainSaid to me were going this way that wayOver the deep blue sea a bottle of rumTo warm my tum and that's the rightFor me.When I was twoI went to the zoo the day I went to seaI climbed aboard a pirate shipAnd the captain said to meWe're going this wayThat way over the deep blue sea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest haigyman Report post Posted December 1, 2004 i've always thought poetry was just for people who weren't good enough to sing in bands Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paranoid 54 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Rabbie Burns and Edgar Allan Poe. Obvious choices I know but I like what I like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tv tanned Report post Posted December 1, 2004 i've always thought poetry was just for people who weren't good enough to sing in bandsYeah, I hear Lord Byron was desperately disappointed not to be considered good enough to join Maiden... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tv tanned Report post Posted December 1, 2004 to answer the question put:Robert BurnsEdwin MorganPhilip LarkinWilfred Owen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulDW 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Robert Burns & Roger McGough Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest haigyman Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Yeah' date=' I hear Lord Byron was desperately disappointed not to be considered good enough to join Maiden...[/quote']you fuckin idiot, he probably didn't give a shit ACTUALLY Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tv tanned Report post Posted December 1, 2004 you fuckin idiot' date=' he probably didn't give a shit ACTUALLY[/quote']You're right, he was probably too metal for them anyway... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest haigyman Report post Posted December 1, 2004 probably, iron maiden were a bit gay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloud 50 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Don't bother with any Sylvia Plath stuff, it's overrated self indulgent bollocks that really isn't standing the test of time well. Her stuff is interesting when you consider she was seriously ill - but at the end of the day, it's nothing special. And as much as some Manics fans would hate me for saying this, but Ted Hughes's stuff is far better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juneau 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 The Bell Jar(sylvia plath) is an amazing book but i guess it would be easier to relate to for girls than guys. I'd say The catcher in the Rye would be the boys equivalent even though they are books not poems..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tranzmute 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 charles bukowski Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melonpie 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 hughes and plath are both good, and its not fair to say that one is better than the other...different is the key!some poemsss i like:Private eye - William McIvanneyPoem IN October -Dylan ThomasLa Belle Dame sans Merci John Keats shakespeare of course (the lovely popular sonnet 116, and 'all the worlds a stage' speachfrom as you like it and Henry IV. Part II. probably favourites)Funeral blues - W. H. Auden Daddy Fell into the Pond - Alfred NoyesA Poison Tree and the Lamb William BlakeCant forget JabberwockyOzymandias of Egypt - P.B.Shelley On the Ning Nang Nong Spike MilliganIntimations of Immortality - wordsworthKubla Khan - coleridge are we allowed to include epic poetry? in that case id go for Homer!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bee 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 to his coy mistress - andrew marvell.this is easily my favourite poem. it's recoginsed as being one of the great carpe diem poems, but it is much more than that, as it's theme is mostly of a guy doing his best to get a woman into bed. funny and inspiring!!!here you go:to his coy mistress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Demon Of The Fall 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Mikael kerfeldt = GodApril EtherealIt was me, peering through the looking-glass.Beyond the embrace of Christ.Like the secret face within the tapestry.Like a bird of prey over the crest.And she was swathed in sorrow, as if born within its mask.Her candlelight snuffed, the icon smiled.Emptiness followed by her wake.I could clasp her in undying love.Within ghostlike rapture the final word was mine.She faced me in awe. 'twas a token of ebony colour.Embodied in faint vapour.Wandering through April's fire.Compelled to grasp and to hold the one that was you.I will endure, hide away.I would outrun the scythe, glaring with failure.It is a mere destiny I thought, a threshold I had crossed before.The rain was waving goodbye, and when the night camethe forest folded its branches around me.Something passed by, and I went into a dream.She laughing and weeping at once: "take me away".I don't know how or why, I'll never know WHEN.The Leper AffinityWe entered Winter once again Naked, freezing from my breath Neath the lid all limbs tucked away This coffin is your abode from now and onwards Your body is mine to avail Such a tragic sight you are Slave under my creed Spurring me with those tears I am beyond death Midst a dreaming affinity Saving strength now, faint whispers Come erotic communion in its splendour Fever mirrored ghosts Night time consolation, cross the line Draw murder into art Sleep inside through days In the wake of this relief Shivering, longing for more Insanity at it's peak Love me to my death Lost are days of Spring You sighted and let me in Keep the beast inside Shackled within my hide Screaming out too late Losing to my hate Grew together with your skin And paced the trails of sin Your gaze covered with virgin snow Rigid features It's the shallow deeds who is to blame Deafening shrieks pierced the night A step from oblivion Moving into the dim lights Hiding within a reverie It was worth it for the wait alone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HummerOfIntenseEvil 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Don't bother with any Sylvia Plath stuff' date=' it's overrated self indulgent bollocks that really isn't standing the test of time well. Her stuff is interesting when you consider she was seriously ill - but at the end of the day, it's nothing special. And as much as some Manics fans would hate me for saying this, but Ted Hughes's stuff is far better.[/quote']HEATHEN!!! HEATHEN!!!You're the worst Manics fan EVER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swingin' Ryan 76 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 Larkin was my english teachers lecturer at Uni. Sid Vicous also spat on her once. She has great stories.I like Ginsberg, Kipling, Larkin and Keats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Larsen B 26 Report post Posted December 1, 2004 HEATHEN!!! HEATHEN!!!You're the worst Manics fan EVER "We invite everyone to question the entire culture we take for granted" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam the Eagle 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2004 roald dahl - dirty beasts and revolting rhymes are divine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HummerOfIntenseEvil 1 Report post Posted December 2, 2004 "We invite everyone to question the entire culture we take for granted""We are the only band who retain the right to contradict ourselves" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
