| User | cuddledumplin | | Topic | Inspiration? | | Message | I’d like to know what poets you admire or despise and why. Perhaps there’s something in his/her style from which we could learn (whether good or bad).
Here are some poets I admire: Theodore Roethke, Nina Cassian, Paul Celan, Alfsonsina Storni. I like Roethke for his amazing images and use of language. I like Nina Cassian for her originality ("Ordeal" is likely my favorite poem of all time). Celan is the greatest minimalist ever. His work is as close to perfect as it gets. Alfonsina Storni is a witty feminist (though a lot of her work hasn’t been translated from Spanish). |
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| User | cuddledumplin | 2005-01-30 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | Yeah, Ferlighetti that whippersnapper. He’s nearly 87 years old! That’s darn near a zygote. I’m giving you hard time, Dave. Yes, you told me about that. My uncle actually knew Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, and most of the other Beats. He drank himself to death like Kerouac too.
No offense, but you talk so much about Sandburg and Frost so much that you didn’t really need to say them. I can’t really talk. I suppose I need to find something to inspire me other than Conor Oberst and Tim Kasher lyrics. However, I do read non-English poetry and literary magazines. I’ve read a good 70% of the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry (no small feat). I’m always looking up new poets and listening to new music. |
| User | Sandburg | 2005-01-30 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | In school I pretty much was reading Poe, Frost, Sandburg and a new guy called Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He was new compared to Poe anyway. I’m really wound up in Sandburg, not only his poetry, but I’m reading biographies of him to try to really get a feel of how he felt and thought as he wrote. I know I need to expand, I love to pick up journals and read various unknown poets, but don’t pay much attention to their names. I have picked up some books by the following authors in a hope to expand my horizons, Plath, Pound, Wm Carlos Williams, Ted Hughes and Bukowski.
The first poem I read by Bukowski was Poetry Reading and I developed an instant and intense hate for him. But I cooled off and read a bio on him, checked out some of his other work, and I have to admit I like his writing, but I think he was full of much self loathing.
Did you know Learah saw Ferlinghetti in Dublin last year? I told her he was at a conference there and she went down and didn’t have a ticket, but actually saw him outside the hall. I’d of gone over and glad handed him, but she was too shy for that.
Off to read, TTFN |
| User | cuddledumplin | 2005-01-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | Rilke is great. I meant "much older when she committed suicide." |
| User | magnicat | 2005-01-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | rainier maria rilke. |
| User | besodemuerte | 2005-01-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | wow.. sorry about that.. i just realized that i managed to contribute nothing in that entire paragraph... |
| User | besodemuerte | 2005-01-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | bukowski is one of my favorites... funny enough i can tell you more poets i dont like than the ones i would make my favorites right now... i like some robert frost... and some edgar allen poe (does this make me..."cliche"...?).... i’ve been trying to find more female poets to read... so i’ve just been giong through some random books... havent found much yet though... i’ll have to check out some of the ones you guys mentioned... i’ve read some plath.. but i dont even remember if i liked it right now... meh... |
| User | cuddledumplin | 2005-01-29 | | | Subject | untitled | | Message | I used to love Plath, but I’ve always preferred Anne Sexton. They were friends, and both committed suicide (though Sexton was much older). I just like her depictions of depression better (Since I’ve been clinically depressed for most of my life, I can relate). Thomas is always good. I don’t emulate other either, but sometimes it helps to red something new. |
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