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What are some really good poets or poems about life and love?
Q. Basically, I've gotten really into poetry lately. But I don't know any good poems, or poets. What are some good poems/poets about life, love, or other deep things. Also, not necessarily any long poems. I like them really short and deep. Do you know anything good? Thanks!
Asked by Coco - Fri Jul 2 23:14:41 2010 - Books & Authors - 2 Answers - Comments
A. My dear, I love you so much, You have given me such a thrill with your smile, your perfect sense of style, your cutest laughter I get to hear after I make another mistake. You make me want to make myself into a better man, the best person I can be, to be with you, in this love so true.
Answered by dar lee - Sat Jul 3 23:37:02 2010
Q. Basically, I've gotten really into poetry lately. But I don't know any good poems, or poets. What are some good poems/poets about life, love, or other deep things. Also, not necessarily any long poems. I like them really short and deep. Do you know anything good? Thanks!
Asked by Coco - Fri Jul 2 23:14:41 2010 - Books & Authors - 2 Answers - Comments
A. My dear, I love you so much, You have given me such a thrill with your smile, your perfect sense of style, your cutest laughter I get to hear after I make another mistake. You make me want to make myself into a better man, the best person I can be, to be with you, in this love so true.
Answered by dar lee - Sat Jul 3 23:37:02 2010
Who were some major poets and artists during the American Civil Rights Era?
Q. I want to teach one of my classes about the civil rights era (ie. the 1960s) and I'm wondering what were some important poems / poets / singers / writers of that era, especially ones who wrote about the struggle for black rights.
Asked by The W - Fri Jul 4 12:22:55 2008 - History - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Joan Baez Odetta ( folk/blues singer) Nina Simone ( "Mississippi Goddamn") Amiri Baraka ( formerly Le Roi Jones) Nikki Giovanni James Baldwin You could also mention " Strange Fruit: by Billie Holiday as an introduction. That's all that I can think of.
Answered by ladykhalia - Sat Jul 5 17:56:41 2008
Q. I want to teach one of my classes about the civil rights era (ie. the 1960s) and I'm wondering what were some important poems / poets / singers / writers of that era, especially ones who wrote about the struggle for black rights.
Asked by The W - Fri Jul 4 12:22:55 2008 - History - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Joan Baez Odetta ( folk/blues singer) Nina Simone ( "Mississippi Goddamn") Amiri Baraka ( formerly Le Roi Jones) Nikki Giovanni James Baldwin You could also mention " Strange Fruit: by Billie Holiday as an introduction. That's all that I can think of.
Answered by ladykhalia - Sat Jul 5 17:56:41 2008
How many professional poets, song writers, etc. use rhyming dictionaries and computer programs to help them?
Q. I'm a poet and I've always been tempted to use something to better refine my poems but I also always thought it was wrong, kind of like cheating so I never did... I was just wondering how professional poets and the poetry community at large felt about that stuff.
Asked by jason - Wed Jan 16 11:35:39 2008 - Poetry - 4 Answers - Comments
A. There's nothing wrong with a rhyming dictionary. I confess I use it sometimes, but it's better to write from the heart.
Answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry - Wed Jan 16 12:21:21 2008
Q. I'm a poet and I've always been tempted to use something to better refine my poems but I also always thought it was wrong, kind of like cheating so I never did... I was just wondering how professional poets and the poetry community at large felt about that stuff.
Asked by jason - Wed Jan 16 11:35:39 2008 - Poetry - 4 Answers - Comments
A. There's nothing wrong with a rhyming dictionary. I confess I use it sometimes, but it's better to write from the heart.
Answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry - Wed Jan 16 12:21:21 2008
Poems by the poets Heinrich Heine, Robert Burns or William Blake that have a theme of love reputation or class?
Q. I'm comparing the poems of late romantics to the book pride and prejudice. I already have two other poem but can't seem to find one more by any of these poets. If you know any other themes from pride and prejudice that would work that would be great too. Those are just the main ones. Thanks!
Asked by mm - Fri Mar 27 00:08:48 2009 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. The Divine Image by William Blake (maybe ??)
Answered by Millie - Fri Mar 27 00:16:23 2009
Q. I'm comparing the poems of late romantics to the book pride and prejudice. I already have two other poem but can't seem to find one more by any of these poets. If you know any other themes from pride and prejudice that would work that would be great too. Those are just the main ones. Thanks!
Asked by mm - Fri Mar 27 00:08:48 2009 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. The Divine Image by William Blake (maybe ??)
Answered by Millie - Fri Mar 27 00:16:23 2009
Poets!!!?
Q. All you budding poets out there. Please enlighten me with a poem about TROLLS. Be rude as you like. You are very impressive poets.
Asked by sweeties - Thu Mar 20 18:58:54 2008 - Polls & Surveys - 5 Answers - Comments
A. I would like to take a pole a 10 foot long and wide one and ram it up the bum hole of the nearest nasty troll
Answered by Archie M - Thu Mar 20 19:49:39 2008
Q. All you budding poets out there. Please enlighten me with a poem about TROLLS. Be rude as you like. You are very impressive poets.
Asked by sweeties - Thu Mar 20 18:58:54 2008 - Polls & Surveys - 5 Answers - Comments
A. I would like to take a pole a 10 foot long and wide one and ram it up the bum hole of the nearest nasty troll
Answered by Archie M - Thu Mar 20 19:49:39 2008
What are some good published poets that write about abuse?
Q. I have to do a project for english and I have to have some poets that write about abuse. But they have to be published, and i'm having a hard time finding some names:] please help! Thanks:]
Asked by littleshiney91 - Mon Apr 6 13:37:34 2009 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. One of the strongest poems I have read on the topic is written by Lucille Clifton called the shapeshifter poems. Another is The Tooth Fairy by Dorianne Laux
Answered by Todd - Mon Apr 6 13:46:08 2009
Q. I have to do a project for english and I have to have some poets that write about abuse. But they have to be published, and i'm having a hard time finding some names:] please help! Thanks:]
Asked by littleshiney91 - Mon Apr 6 13:37:34 2009 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. One of the strongest poems I have read on the topic is written by Lucille Clifton called the shapeshifter poems. Another is The Tooth Fairy by Dorianne Laux
Answered by Todd - Mon Apr 6 13:46:08 2009
What are some things that the poets in the epic Beowulf sing about?
Q. I need to be able to explain what the poets in Beowulf sing about and to whom they sing them to.
Asked by Harley Quinnzel - Mon Oct 24 15:32:55 2011 - Homework Help - Answers - Comments
Q. I need to be able to explain what the poets in Beowulf sing about and to whom they sing them to.
Asked by Harley Quinnzel - Mon Oct 24 15:32:55 2011 - Homework Help - Answers - Comments
How many poems do most poets write in their life?
Q. I mean well known poets like Keats ect...I know he has had many published, but how many overall? BQ: I've written 160 since October, and had 6 published, how do you think I'm doing? I don't really care about being published, have bigger things to worry about but is that a big accomplishment?
Asked by anonymous - Sun Jun 7 11:02:21 2009 - Poetry - 5 Answers - Comments
A. Hmm. depends on the poet I guess. Some may even write tonnes but didn't publish all... Is that a big accomplish? Hey, I think you're doing great!
Answered by Aiman Amani - Sun Jun 7 11:19:14 2009
Q. I mean well known poets like Keats ect...I know he has had many published, but how many overall? BQ: I've written 160 since October, and had 6 published, how do you think I'm doing? I don't really care about being published, have bigger things to worry about but is that a big accomplishment?
Asked by anonymous - Sun Jun 7 11:02:21 2009 - Poetry - 5 Answers - Comments
A. Hmm. depends on the poet I guess. Some may even write tonnes but didn't publish all... Is that a big accomplish? Hey, I think you're doing great!
Answered by Aiman Amani - Sun Jun 7 11:19:14 2009
understanding the culture contexts of the poets in Anthology ?
Q. I have to do a talk on how you need to understand the poets culture contexts to interpret the poems properly. I have choosen to do half caste, search for my tongue, blessing and nothing's changed. But i don't know how the poets culture links with the poem! Any ideas?
Asked by Ali - Sun Jan 25 09:51:39 2009 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Nothing's Changed is a poem written by Tatamkhula Arfrika. He grew up in South Africa, in an area known as District Six, which is an area where people of different races lived in harmony. However the apartheid laws of the 1960's changed this, as they forced white and black people to live separately and have different rules. Afrika also lived to see the fall of apartheid, and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. The poem is a reflection of these different stages in his life.
Answered by moo_juice_rox - Sun Jan 25 10:25:45 2009
Q. I have to do a talk on how you need to understand the poets culture contexts to interpret the poems properly. I have choosen to do half caste, search for my tongue, blessing and nothing's changed. But i don't know how the poets culture links with the poem! Any ideas?
Asked by Ali - Sun Jan 25 09:51:39 2009 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Nothing's Changed is a poem written by Tatamkhula Arfrika. He grew up in South Africa, in an area known as District Six, which is an area where people of different races lived in harmony. However the apartheid laws of the 1960's changed this, as they forced white and black people to live separately and have different rules. Afrika also lived to see the fall of apartheid, and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. The poem is a reflection of these different stages in his life.
Answered by moo_juice_rox - Sun Jan 25 10:25:45 2009
What are some good, modern poets of today?
Q. I've always had a pretty neutral opinion of poetry. Didn't not like it, but didn't exactly have an affinity for it. I guess that's because the poetry we get to read in school is either horribly boring or the occasional good Frost poem gets read over and over and dissected so much that you start to hate it. Well I've recently taken a creative writing class featuring poem and we read some great stuff in the class. I was just wondering if there were any great, modern poets out there that I have yet to encounter. It would be great if you could recommend me some to read!
Asked by Jackie - Tue Oct 9 16:58:36 2007 - Poetry - 4 Answers - 1 Comments
A. geoffrey hill's 'september song' and 'for the plantagenet kings' are almost as good as anything ever written in english. les murray's 'in phrygia birthplace of embroidery' and 'the breach' are as good. james fenton wrote a wonderful piece about vietnam (he was with the viet cong). but i'd have a better idea of what to recommend to you if i knew what you liked already.
Answered by synopsis - Tue Oct 9 17:05:13 2007
Q. I've always had a pretty neutral opinion of poetry. Didn't not like it, but didn't exactly have an affinity for it. I guess that's because the poetry we get to read in school is either horribly boring or the occasional good Frost poem gets read over and over and dissected so much that you start to hate it. Well I've recently taken a creative writing class featuring poem and we read some great stuff in the class. I was just wondering if there were any great, modern poets out there that I have yet to encounter. It would be great if you could recommend me some to read!
Asked by Jackie - Tue Oct 9 16:58:36 2007 - Poetry - 4 Answers - 1 Comments
A. geoffrey hill's 'september song' and 'for the plantagenet kings' are almost as good as anything ever written in english. les murray's 'in phrygia birthplace of embroidery' and 'the breach' are as good. james fenton wrote a wonderful piece about vietnam (he was with the viet cong). but i'd have a better idea of what to recommend to you if i knew what you liked already.
Answered by synopsis - Tue Oct 9 17:05:13 2007
How is Anna Akhmatova different and similar to other poets?
Q. I have to compare and contrast Anna Akhmatova to other poets, but I am not real sure about what to write.
Asked by me3mae - Fri Nov 14 13:29:42 2008 - Books & Authors - 1 Answers - Comments
A. There is a short biog of her at the link below which may give you some ideas. One of the ways to contrast her/her work is that the vast majority of poets have lived and produced their work with relative "freedom of speech". She lived a lot of her life and produced much of her verse under the repressive Stalinist regime. She had to be very careful about what was seen by the authorities - in particular trying to publish "Requiem" in Russia (or anywhere as her work) was a big NO NO until after Stalin's death
Answered by im back - Tue Nov 18 03:20:45 2008
Q. I have to compare and contrast Anna Akhmatova to other poets, but I am not real sure about what to write.
Asked by me3mae - Fri Nov 14 13:29:42 2008 - Books & Authors - 1 Answers - Comments
A. There is a short biog of her at the link below which may give you some ideas. One of the ways to contrast her/her work is that the vast majority of poets have lived and produced their work with relative "freedom of speech". She lived a lot of her life and produced much of her verse under the repressive Stalinist regime. She had to be very careful about what was seen by the authorities - in particular trying to publish "Requiem" in Russia (or anywhere as her work) was a big NO NO until after Stalin's death
Answered by im back - Tue Nov 18 03:20:45 2008
Is there a permanent residence for writers and poets that can accomodate a retired person on a small pention?
Q. I have received queries from members of a Yahoo group for writers about housing opportunities in a community of writers and poets in the United States or any other country. Can anyone direct me to information I can pass along to those people?
Asked by Suzianne - Mon Sep 4 15:29:27 2006 - Books & Authors - 1 Answers - Comments
A. I can help if it you want details about this for England... email me
Answered by Ichi - Wed Sep 6 09:06:18 2006
Q. I have received queries from members of a Yahoo group for writers about housing opportunities in a community of writers and poets in the United States or any other country. Can anyone direct me to information I can pass along to those people?
Asked by Suzianne - Mon Sep 4 15:29:27 2006 - Books & Authors - 1 Answers - Comments
A. I can help if it you want details about this for England... email me
Answered by Ichi - Wed Sep 6 09:06:18 2006
Who are some well known romantic poets that use nature as inspiration?
Q. Like Wordsworth etc... I know there are lots of them but i'm looking for more well known and iconic poets and poems. Thanks.
Asked by all RqWn aWW - Sun Jan 9 16:08:47 2011 - Poetry - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Lord Byron William Blake Percy Byshe Shelley John Keats Samuel Coleridge Matthew Arnold Dorothy Wordsworth Elizabeth Barrett Browning I assume you mean the English-speaking poets, of course Those are the best known
Answered by Dominique - Sun Jan 9 16:25:07 2011
Q. Like Wordsworth etc... I know there are lots of them but i'm looking for more well known and iconic poets and poems. Thanks.
Asked by all RqWn aWW - Sun Jan 9 16:08:47 2011 - Poetry - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Lord Byron William Blake Percy Byshe Shelley John Keats Samuel Coleridge Matthew Arnold Dorothy Wordsworth Elizabeth Barrett Browning I assume you mean the English-speaking poets, of course Those are the best known
Answered by Dominique - Sun Jan 9 16:25:07 2011
Who are some popular poets during the Victorian Era?
Q. Looking for anyone who can share some popular poets during the Victorian Era. I know of some like Blake. Im writing a paper and need some help.
Asked by bshef - Fri Dec 11 11:57:41 2009 - History - 2 Answers - Comments
A. --Matthew Arnold ("Dover Beach") --Elizabeth Barrett Browning ("Aurora Leigh") --Robert Browning ("The Lost Mistress"; "Porphyria's Lover"; "Prospice") --Rudyard Kipling ("If") --Christina Rossetti ("A Birthday"; "Remember"; "When I Am Dead, My Dearest") --Dante Gabriel Rossetti ("Genius in Beauty"; "Insomnia"; "A Sea-Spell") --Alfred Tennyson ("Tears, Idle Tears"; "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; "In Memorium"; "Summer Night") --Oscar Wilde ("Young Charmides"; "The Grave of Shelley") --Lewis Carroll ("Jabberwocky"; "The Hunting of the Snark" [cont.]
Answered by xo379 - Fri Dec 11 14:12:40 2009
Q. Looking for anyone who can share some popular poets during the Victorian Era. I know of some like Blake. Im writing a paper and need some help.
Asked by bshef - Fri Dec 11 11:57:41 2009 - History - 2 Answers - Comments
A. --Matthew Arnold ("Dover Beach") --Elizabeth Barrett Browning ("Aurora Leigh") --Robert Browning ("The Lost Mistress"; "Porphyria's Lover"; "Prospice") --Rudyard Kipling ("If") --Christina Rossetti ("A Birthday"; "Remember"; "When I Am Dead, My Dearest") --Dante Gabriel Rossetti ("Genius in Beauty"; "Insomnia"; "A Sea-Spell") --Alfred Tennyson ("Tears, Idle Tears"; "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; "In Memorium"; "Summer Night") --Oscar Wilde ("Young Charmides"; "The Grave of Shelley") --Lewis Carroll ("Jabberwocky"; "The Hunting of the Snark" [cont.]
Answered by xo379 - Fri Dec 11 14:12:40 2009
Is shakespeare correct to group lovers in with lunatics and poets?
Q. Is shakespeare (via Theseus) correct to group lovers in with lunatics and poets? Anybody please comment on the treatment of love and lovers in A Midsummers Night's Dream.
Asked by LEANNE M - Thu Nov 27 17:18:14 2008 - Poetry - 3 Answers - Comments
A. It is observed, happening quite often that way. So there is hardly any good reason to dispute it with Shakespeare. That is based on my experience.
Answered by s.m. - Thu Nov 27 17:27:27 2008
Q. Is shakespeare (via Theseus) correct to group lovers in with lunatics and poets? Anybody please comment on the treatment of love and lovers in A Midsummers Night's Dream.
Asked by LEANNE M - Thu Nov 27 17:18:14 2008 - Poetry - 3 Answers - Comments
A. It is observed, happening quite often that way. So there is hardly any good reason to dispute it with Shakespeare. That is based on my experience.
Answered by s.m. - Thu Nov 27 17:27:27 2008
Does anybody know of any family poems by famous poets that are not sickeningly happy?
Q. I have an assignment for English class that involves finding a poem about family. The poem is supposed to match my view of family and that view is not very positive. So, if you could list any poems you know written by famous poets that aren't really fond of family, then that would be wonderful, nay, magical. Finding such a poem is a magic act.
Asked by Tango117 - Sat Mar 13 21:58:15 2010 - Poetry - 1 Answers - Comments
A. I would check the poems of Dorothy Parker, as she might have something
Answered by stephen k - Mon Mar 15 00:49:45 2010
Q. I have an assignment for English class that involves finding a poem about family. The poem is supposed to match my view of family and that view is not very positive. So, if you could list any poems you know written by famous poets that aren't really fond of family, then that would be wonderful, nay, magical. Finding such a poem is a magic act.
Asked by Tango117 - Sat Mar 13 21:58:15 2010 - Poetry - 1 Answers - Comments
A. I would check the poems of Dorothy Parker, as she might have something
Answered by stephen k - Mon Mar 15 00:49:45 2010
Who are some famous poets who write about love?
Q. I am in 8th grade and I am doing a poem analysis project for reading class. I am doing a project on finding a poem and finding information on that poet who wrote the poem. I need to find poets who write about love, and who are still alive today. I have to be able to find information on that poem, so they should be pretty well known. Help me out?
Asked by Maggie (: - Mon Mar 9 21:54:26 2009 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Valentine My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. Whatever you've got lined up, My heart has made its mind up And if you can't be signed up This year, next year will do. My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. -Wendy Cope (1945-) Another Valentine Today we are obliged to be romantic And think of yet another valentine. We know the rules and we are both pedantic: Today s the day we have to be romantic. Our love is old and sure, not new and frantic. You know I m yours and I know you are mine. And saying that has made me feel romantic, My dearest love, my darling valentine. -Wendy Cope (1945-) Coat Sometimes I have wanted to throw you off like a heavy coat. Sometimes I have said you would not let me breathe or… [cont.]
Answered by Craig B - Thu Mar 12 17:44:27 2009
Q. I am in 8th grade and I am doing a poem analysis project for reading class. I am doing a project on finding a poem and finding information on that poet who wrote the poem. I need to find poets who write about love, and who are still alive today. I have to be able to find information on that poem, so they should be pretty well known. Help me out?
Asked by Maggie (: - Mon Mar 9 21:54:26 2009 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
A. Valentine My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. Whatever you've got lined up, My heart has made its mind up And if you can't be signed up This year, next year will do. My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. -Wendy Cope (1945-) Another Valentine Today we are obliged to be romantic And think of yet another valentine. We know the rules and we are both pedantic: Today s the day we have to be romantic. Our love is old and sure, not new and frantic. You know I m yours and I know you are mine. And saying that has made me feel romantic, My dearest love, my darling valentine. -Wendy Cope (1945-) Coat Sometimes I have wanted to throw you off like a heavy coat. Sometimes I have said you would not let me breathe or… [cont.]
Answered by Craig B - Thu Mar 12 17:44:27 2009
How was Christina Rossetti different from other poets of her time?
Q. I am doing this for school. I need to compare her to other poets and writers of the victorian era. How was she alike and how was she different? What did other poets and writers write about in the victorian era. Plz help. ty.
Asked by operajester - Mon Apr 21 19:42:44 2008 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
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Answered by Eden* - Tue Apr 22 06:31:37 2008
Q. I am doing this for school. I need to compare her to other poets and writers of the victorian era. How was she alike and how was she different? What did other poets and writers write about in the victorian era. Plz help. ty.
Asked by operajester - Mon Apr 21 19:42:44 2008 - Homework Help - 1 Answers - Comments
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Answered by Eden* - Tue Apr 22 06:31:37 2008
What are some poets or poems similar to what Conor Oberst writes in music?
Q. I'm doing an assignment for English, and it apparently HAS to be a poem that we write multiple tasks on, otherwise I would have chosen a song from Bright Eyes as my topic piece. So - my question is, seeing as how apparently Conor Oberst hasn't released any of his poetry, does anyone know of any poets or poems that are similar to his writing style for his music? Thank you so much.
Asked by pandora, - Tue Sep 16 04:08:22 2008 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Poe's work does this.
Answered by Pruden - Fri Sep 19 10:29:37 2008
Q. I'm doing an assignment for English, and it apparently HAS to be a poem that we write multiple tasks on, otherwise I would have chosen a song from Bright Eyes as my topic piece. So - my question is, seeing as how apparently Conor Oberst hasn't released any of his poetry, does anyone know of any poets or poems that are similar to his writing style for his music? Thank you so much.
Asked by pandora, - Tue Sep 16 04:08:22 2008 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Poe's work does this.
Answered by Pruden - Fri Sep 19 10:29:37 2008
Can somebody recommend good contemporary poets?
Q. I don't often read contemporary poetry, but I have to for a class. I was wondering if you anybody knew any contemporary poets whose styles resemble or are reminiscent of Emily Dickinson, Whitman, and/or Rilke? Or that sway towards the Gothic (not the thin social fanaticism of black clothes and white face make up) or that deals with death or mourning...dark topics. In regards to Rilke, any poet that writes about the esoteric, the divine, and such. Thanks
Asked by graveyard_picnic - Fri Aug 31 17:50:56 2007 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Stevie Smith - goes towards death and depression rather than the Gothic but I like her.
Answered by happyjumpyfrog - Fri Aug 31 18:10:02 2007
Q. I don't often read contemporary poetry, but I have to for a class. I was wondering if you anybody knew any contemporary poets whose styles resemble or are reminiscent of Emily Dickinson, Whitman, and/or Rilke? Or that sway towards the Gothic (not the thin social fanaticism of black clothes and white face make up) or that deals with death or mourning...dark topics. In regards to Rilke, any poet that writes about the esoteric, the divine, and such. Thanks
Asked by graveyard_picnic - Fri Aug 31 17:50:56 2007 - Poetry - 2 Answers - Comments
A. Stevie Smith - goes towards death and depression rather than the Gothic but I like her.
Answered by happyjumpyfrog - Fri Aug 31 18:10:02 2007
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