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Unsurprisingly, I like simple poetry. nossy Send a noteboard - 25/03/2010 03:52:11 AM
And any poems my grandmother, uncle and father read to us when the family was all together.

The House with Nobody in It, Kilmer
Barbara Frietchie, Whittier
The Cremation of Sam McGee, Service
Little Boy Blue, Field
Invictus, Henley

<3 my Treasury of the Familiar.
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Poetry: care to recommend me some? Rebekah - 23/03/2010 06:57:49 PM 1038 Views
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Baudelaire? Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:42:42 PM 787 Views
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Some Spanish and German Rebekah - 23/03/2010 08:57:59 PM 800 Views
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This is why I will never recommend А́нна Ахма́това/ Anna Akhmatova to anyone who The Shrike - 24/03/2010 04:16:07 PM 853 Views
Heine is very lyrical, though. Tom - 24/03/2010 06:59:58 PM 741 Views
In their original tongues... Larry - 23/03/2010 09:52:32 PM 850 Views
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Re: Poetry: care to recommend me some? Aeryn - 25/03/2010 03:29:57 AM 953 Views
Unsurprisingly, I like simple poetry. nossy - 25/03/2010 03:52:11 AM 778 Views
e e cummings and Poe are two of my favorites *NM* damookster - 26/03/2010 04:13:13 AM 343 Views
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Thanks, all, for your recommendations. Rebekah - 27/03/2010 10:57:31 AM 774 Views
coming in late, but haven't seen anyone mention langston hughes? *NM* moondog - 30/03/2010 04:14:52 PM 382 Views
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