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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 1127 Views
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester? Camilla - 23/03/2010 07:04:39 PM 955 Views
Re: Rebekah is not prepubescent. Ergo, no. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 23/03/2010 08:06:33 PM 413 Views
Hey. Rochester is actually quite good *NM* Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:17:50 PM 390 Views
And amazingly explicit. *NM* Legolas - 23/03/2010 08:35:13 PM 403 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 865 Views
Apparently it was quite fashionable to write them during the Restoration Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:56:31 PM 799 Views
My favourite poet in English is a relatively unknown fellow called James Elroy Flecker. Legolas - 23/03/2010 07:11:03 PM 1273 Views
Baudelaire? Camilla - 23/03/2010 08:42:42 PM 893 Views
What languages do you speak? Tom - 23/03/2010 08:51:18 PM 881 Views
Some Spanish and German Rebekah - 23/03/2010 08:57:59 PM 900 Views
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Re: Very tedious poetry. Danae al'Thor - 24/03/2010 12:27:04 AM 907 Views
This is why I will never recommend А́нна Ахма́това/ Anna Akhmatova to anyone who The Shrike - 24/03/2010 04:16:07 PM 954 Views
Heine is very lyrical, though. Tom - 24/03/2010 06:59:58 PM 828 Views
In their original tongues... Larry - 23/03/2010 09:52:32 PM 942 Views
Anything Byron gets my vote, Don Juan in particular. *NM* RandAllThor - 23/03/2010 10:32:32 PM 383 Views
Emily Dickinson? *NM* Camilla - 23/03/2010 10:37:19 PM 399 Views
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it is a good one Camilla - 24/03/2010 08:22:46 PM 895 Views
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Re: Poetry: care to recommend me some? Aeryn - 25/03/2010 03:29:57 AM 1078 Views
Unsurprisingly, I like simple poetry. nossy - 25/03/2010 03:52:11 AM 876 Views
e e cummings and Poe are two of my favorites *NM* damookster - 26/03/2010 04:13:13 AM 407 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 957 Views
Thanks, all, for your recommendations. Rebekah - 27/03/2010 10:57:31 AM 875 Views
coming in late, but haven't seen anyone mention langston hughes? *NM* moondog - 30/03/2010 04:14:52 PM 423 Views
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