I'm shamelessly stealing this idea from the brilliant Hecate. The following is one of my favorites from Emily Dickinson. I've always been drawn to her poetry for several reasons: her poems are mostly short and sweet and that appeals to me. Her poetry also reveals a sense of humor and a love of nature, two things I can easily get behind. All in all, she's probably my favorite female poet. Enjoy.
I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!
They'd banish -- you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell one's name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
3 comments:
I love poetry also. I have been writing it since I was younger. Looking at your blog gives me the confidence to add one of my poems.
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Well if you like poems short and funny, try Ogden Nash too. Some of his are just like that.
I love poetry too, especially sonnets... and not just Old Bill's.
Try reading the Bronte's poems and read them aloud. You might also like the poems of Arthur Rimbaud a 19th century French poet, very different from Baudelaire, but just as good.
Glad you're back too... missed ya.
xx
I love Emily Dickinson!! She is one of my favorite poets!!
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