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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 1163 Views
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester? Camilla - 23/03/2010 07:04:39 PM 985 Views
Re: Rebekah is not prepubescent. Ergo, no. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 23/03/2010 08:06:33 PM 441 Views
Hey. Rochester is actually quite good *NM* Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:17:50 PM 406 Views
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That has to be the best (if, admittedly, only) poem on premature ejaculation I've ever read. Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:52:12 PM 895 Views
Apparently it was quite fashionable to write them during the Restoration Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:56:31 PM 834 Views
My favourite poet in English is a relatively unknown fellow called James Elroy Flecker. Legolas - 23/03/2010 07:11:03 PM 1326 Views
Baudelaire? Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:42:42 PM 917 Views
What languages do you speak? Tom - 23/03/2010 08:51:18 PM 917 Views
Some Spanish and German Rebekah - 23/03/2010 08:57:59 PM 932 Views
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Re: Very tedious poetry. Danae al'Thor - 24/03/2010 12:27:04 AM 936 Views
This is why I will never recommend А́нна Ахма́това/ Anna Akhmatova to anyone who The Shrike - 24/03/2010 04:16:07 PM 986 Views
Heine is very lyrical, though. Tom - 24/03/2010 06:59:58 PM 859 Views
In their original tongues... Larry - 23/03/2010 09:52:32 PM 974 Views
Anything Byron gets my vote, Don Juan in particular. *NM* RandAllThor - 23/03/2010 10:32:32 PM 401 Views
Emily Dickinson? *NM* Camilla - 23/03/2010 10:37:19 PM 417 Views
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it is a good one Camilla - 24/03/2010 08:22:46 PM 927 Views
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heh. for some reason I always thought it'd be the opposite LadyLorraine - 25/03/2010 12:10:55 PM 889 Views
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Re: Poetry: care to recommend me some? Aeryn - 25/03/2010 03:29:57 AM 1110 Views
Unsurprisingly, I like simple poetry. nossy - 25/03/2010 03:52:11 AM 913 Views
e e cummings and Poe are two of my favorites *NM* damookster - 26/03/2010 04:13:13 AM 426 Views
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I read a couple of Edward Thomas poems recently that I really liked snoopcester - 26/03/2010 03:14:31 PM 995 Views
Thanks, all, for your recommendations. Rebekah - 27/03/2010 10:57:31 AM 904 Views
coming in late, but haven't seen anyone mention langston hughes? *NM* moondog - 30/03/2010 04:14:52 PM 445 Views
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