01-03-2014, 03:56 PM | #31 |
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Seriously, the nominations are one of my favorite parts of the process (well, I like it all ). I always find something(s) intriguing that I hadn't known. I figure selection is a crapshoot, but the list is a great resource. (Skulks away. *grumble, grumble*) |
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01-03-2014, 04:07 PM | #33 |
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I love his work, but I would not consider it fitting as 'literary' poetry nor mine, we're both more contemporary poets. It's all good.
No Grumbling.... I'd definitely recommend Billy Collins' Aimless Love though it has a ton on excellent new poems as well as selections from his last few books! 4/5 stars per my review of it. |
01-03-2014, 05:13 PM | #34 |
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Ooh, I have used up all my votes, or I would certainly support the Ted Hughes book.
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01-03-2014, 05:46 PM | #35 |
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I nominate the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Nearly unknown when he was alive, Hopkins is now regarded as one of the three great poets of the Victorian Era--along with Robert Browning and Tennyson. His innovative use of rhythm, imagery, structure and syntax make his poetry sound far more modern than any of his contemporaries. Most of his poems have a religious theme but again they are anything but conventional. The "Terrible Sonnets", for instance are among the finest poetic expressions of the thin ice of belief over the pit of despair. His poetry is available in the first edition by his friend Robert Bridges for free and there are many ebook editions--such as that by Delphi--which give good value for money. |
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01-03-2014, 05:48 PM | #36 |
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I'd love to see Hopkins nominated, but as with 'possum, I'm out of votes.
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Okay, I bite and nominate the contemporary poet:
Billy Collins: Aimless Love And I support: Gerard Manley Hopkins |
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01-04-2014, 07:08 AM | #41 | |
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I really like Tranströmer though others may differ as his poems tend to be short with a very modern sensibility. Though enough people must appreciate him to have won him the prize. Here are a few examples: http://tomastranstromer.net/poetry/poetry-3/ and this is one of my favorites though I first read it in a slightly different translation I like better: http://behindthelinespoetry.blogspot...m-african.html Last edited by Hamlet53; 01-04-2014 at 07:30 AM. |
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01-04-2014, 07:10 AM | #42 |
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Just realized that I still have one more vote. Cast that for Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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01-04-2014, 08:06 AM | #43 |
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I'll fourth High Windows by Philip Larkin.
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I'll support Hopkins and Ted Hughes.
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