Your favourite poet?

Surell · 10-11-2014, 05:39 PM

WD i never knew that but do not doubt it because it seems that so far every genius i come across pretty much only gets ****tier correlating with how genius they are, except in some rare cases but i think those just might not have been looked into enough.

Frownland that is beautiful, i didn't understand it fully at first, i got the loneliness vibe but that is really cool stuff with the components, thank you

GuD · 10-11-2014, 06:31 PM

I picked up one book of his poetry and was to grossed and weirded out to finish it and it wasn't even that long... like 60-something pages. His poetry's not so great imo, haven't read anything else by him.

Surell · 10-11-2014, 11:39 PM

Idk maybe I have the wrong perspective on him, the most familiar I am with him is Barfly which is a movie he kinda wrote about his life that did seem to have a thread of human shitiness to it that I took as being self aware and critical.

Surell · 10-11-2014, 11:43 PM

Just a side note I did just find out that bukowski refused to let Dennis hopper direct barfly because he thought he was fake af which is whack Dennis hopper was the man, RIP

bob. · 10-14-2014, 05:01 PM

William Blake

O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

grindy · 10-14-2014, 06:05 PM

I'm my favourite poet.
Is that wrong?

Machine · 10-14-2014, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

E.E. Cummings

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I love this poem I remember learning about it and think it was so clever I still do and I love the message behind it

**Frownland** · 10-14-2014, 11:33 PM

One of my favourite poems:
Fuck you, Bush.
It's time to get out of Iraq, Bush.
What were you even doing there in the first place, Bush?
You didn't even get properly elected, Bush.
Are you happy now, Bush?
Fuck you, Bush.

I like how the last line is the same as the first one.

**Frownland** · 01-18-2016, 03:13 PM

I've really been digging Franz Wright lately. Does anyone know of any similar poets?

Quote:

You do look a little ill.

But we can do something about that, now.

Can’t we.

The fact is you’re a shocking wreck.

Do you hear me.

You aren’t all alone.

And you could use some help today, packing in the
dark, boarding buses north, putting the seat back and
grinning with terror flowing over your legs through
your fingers and hair . . .

I was always waiting, always here.

Know anyone else who can say that.

My advice to you is think of her for what she is:
one more name cut in the scar of your tongue.

What was it you said, “To rather be harmed than
harm, is not abject.”

Please.

Can we be leaving now.

We like bus trips, remember. Together

we could watch these winter fields slip past, and
never care again,

think of it.

I don’t have to be anywhere.

grindy · 01-18-2016, 03:19 PM

Any recs for 20/21 century poets, who write in a more 'conservative' style? (Rhymes and all that.)
Something deep and beautiful. Not interested in poems about social issues or interpersonal relationships. Poems about nature don't really grab me as well.

10-11-2014, 06:31 PM	#12 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	I picked up one book of his poetry and was to grossed and weirded out to finish it and it wasn't even that long... like 60-something pages. His poetry's not so great imo, haven't read anything else by him. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

10-14-2014, 05:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	William Blake O Rose thou art sick. The invisible worm, That flies in the night In the howling storm: Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy: And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

10-14-2014, 11:33 PM	#18 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	One of my favourite poems: Fuck you, Bush. It's time to get out of Iraq, Bush. What were you even doing there in the first place, Bush? You didn't even get properly elected, Bush. Are you happy now, Bush? Fuck you, Bush. I like how the last line is the same as the first one. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-18-2016, 03:19 PM	#20 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Any recs for 20/21 century poets, who write in a more 'conservative' style? (Rhymes and all that.) Something deep and beautiful. Not interested in poems about social issues or interpersonal relationships. Poems about nature don't really grab me as well. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

10-14-2014, 06:05 PM	#16 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	I'm my favourite poet. Is that wrong?