What are some of your favorite poets/poetry books?

[fern_b]

My all-time favorite is probably A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman. I've been slowly reading through Eileen Myles' I Must Be Living Twice and I like it so far.

[AJ_Williams011]

I've been reading Rupi Kaur's "Milk and Honey" and it's so amazing and heart-touching. It captures the essence of love seen as a woman along with the pain, abuse and sadness.

[Georgephilips]

I love poetry but don't read it often, and would love to pick up some books of poetry I haven't read!

I'd especially love to find some female poets!!

Maybe Blaithe Baird from Button poetry. She's good!

[Amna Khalid]

Najwa Zebian
Amari Soul

[Ayomide Solomon]

Look up Maya Angelou's "Life Doesn't Frighten Me."
I vouch you would love it.

[Etini Willie]

I love Ocean Vuong. His poem, "A Letter to My Mother
That She Will Never Read” is the best poetry I have read in recent times

[Leasa Ana Maria]

I love Edgar Alan Poe's poetry books.

[z3ro]

Rimbaud. His complete works translated by Paul Schmidt will forever be my favorite. Also Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Fatal Interview" sonnets. She was a genius.

[Johnny GoodFellow]

AH!, My soul screams to purge all the names I know for you!!!

Seriously I will list my favorites.. and why they are.

Sir Walter Scott: His short works can be moving and/or funny, nice rhythm to his work.

Lord Byron: Some of his works are capturing, you can get lost in them.

Emily Dickenson: If you read her well, you may discover she was not so different from women of today. Especially all the untitled works published after her death.

Billy Collins: He gets life, the discomfort, the depression, the awkwardness. The rebound to smiling.

AVA: She writes about abuse, touches your soul so we know we are not alone and we are strong enough.

Tyler Knott Gregson: writes about love, morning dew, coffee, missing a loved one. Train tracks. Saying words about the simple things in life. Reading Gregson, is akin to practicing gratitude.

Rumi- spiritual. If you are on a healing journey. This is the one. If you are looking for meaning, good place to start.

I hope this helps you and is not to overwhelming. I actually held back!

Peace
Trina

Oh my God. You just reminded me about this. It is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.

[Nimra Kiran]

There are so many genius poets who lived almost a century ago, but their works are no comparison to today's world. They still remain a masterpiece in my opinion. I loved John Keats from his Ode on a Gracian Urn. I fell in love with the depth and imagery of his poetry, and his theories within the poetry he wrote. Other than that, there is Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson from the Victorian era. Their style is too convincing and promising that they made me see life through a unique perspective. I love Robert Frost too! HIs poems contain a lonely yet beautiful aura around them and that's beautiful.

[Nimra Kiran]

AH!, My soul screams to purge all the names I know for you!!!

Seriously I will list my favorites.. and why they are.

Sir Walter Scott: His short works can be moving and/or funny, nice rhythm to his work.

Lord Byron: Some of his works are capturing, you can get lost in them.

Emily Dickenson: If you read her well, you may discover she was not so different from women of today. Especially all the untitled works published after her death.

Billy Collins: He gets life, the discomfort, the depression, the awkwardness. The rebound to smiling.

AVA: She writes about abuse, touches your soul so we know we are not alone and we are strong enough.

Tyler Knott Gregson: writes about love, morning dew, coffee, missing a loved one. Train tracks. Saying words about the simple things in life. Reading Gregson, is akin to practicing gratitude.

Rumi- spiritual. If you are on a healing journey. This is the one. If you are looking for meaning, good place to start.

I hope this helps you and is not to overwhelming. I actually held back!

Peace
Trina

Oh my God. You just reminded me about this. It is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.

Woww! You have a great taste. It is a good variety of poets on your list and love that. I didn't try Gregson and after reading your views, I am planning to read him. As for Emily Dickinson, Rumi, Lord Byron, and Sir Walter Scott, I totally agree they're great! I am a big fan of old poets, classic ones but reading about the modern ones, I am sometimes confused and don't understand where to start or whom to read. Finding someone matching your taste helps a lot.
Thank you for sharing!

[Susan Ledezma]

Emily Dickinson was one of the first poets whose poems I've read. I truly enjoy her poems! Her poems are classics and really enjoyable especially for beginners who want to read classic poems.

[Angela_Ezekiel]

Any great poet out there. But I have always loved Wordsworth.

[Jennifer Cowhig]

I really enjoy Robert Frost.

[Sameeha Ismail]

When I was doing my bachelor's degree, a professor recommended me some good poems. The list is below.

1. The Blessed Damozel by D.G Rossetti
2. Elegy written on a Country Churchyard by Gray
3. Ode on evening by Collins
4. Valediction Forbidding Mourning by Donne
5. Ode on a Grecian Urn by Keats
6. Rime of ancient mariner by Coleridge
7. Raven by Poe
8. When Lilacs last in a door yard bloomed by Walt Whitman
9. Ode to Westwind by Shelley
10. Eve of St Agnes by Keats