Poetry, Got favorites?

[RicInOR]

I have never been one for much poetry. Just a few, occasionally.

I stumbled over this U-Tuby Channel

Non Traditional too

Got favorites?

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[Andy54Hawken]

Many...
Its easier for me to write the authors , rather than the poems they wrote.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert E. Howard
Rudyard Kipling

That said my favorite poem is Beowulf.
Andy

 

[albin25]

My favorite poets are two geniuses, "Unknown" and "anonymous"....

There was a young lady from Ghent,
who screwed on a bed of cement.
The bed was well used,
and her body well bruised,
and the back of her head had a dent.

 

[dplev4]

Robert Service and James Dickey

The Last Wolverine by James Dickey is a personal favorite

 

[mrblond]

 

[trunner]

Likely repeats of those stated above, but:

If, by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if--- (words to live by)

The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert Service: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee (silly and fun, like 'Twas the Night before Christmas)

 

[Mikej]

My favorite poets are two geniuses, "Unknown" and "anonymous"....

There was a young lady from Ghent,
who screwed on a bed of cement.
The bed was well used,
and her body well bruised,
and the back of her head had a dent.

Yup.

 

[pharmseller]

Shakespeare

Matthew Arnold

 

[SrMachoSolo]

Take heed 'cause I'm a lyrical poet
Miami's on the scene, just in case you didn't know it
My town, that created all the bass sound
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
'Cause my style's like a chemical spill
Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed, this is a hell of a concept

Does Vanilla -the self proclaimed lyrical poet- Ice count?

-Robert

 

[SonicBlue03]

Robert Frost, "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening."

 

[Labradorian]

'There once was a man from Nantucket... '

 

[HA556]

To many to list but, one of my all time favorites by Edgar Allen Poe: "Annabel Lee"

 

[Certaindeaf]

Toga, toga, toga, Belushi smash.

 

[RicInOR]

Self-Pity
D H Lawernce

 

[HA556]

Figured I'd share one more time for the new folks!

"Don't Tread on Me!"

Once I took an Oath
For God, Country and Family
I have never been relieved of that Oath
Don't Tread on Me!

My body may not seem strong
As once it used to be
But, be careful what you push
Don't Tread on Me!

We may not see eye to eye
We don't even have to agree
And just because I won't
Don't Tread on Me!

For I have been across the water
Sailed the open sea
Sweated in the desert sand
Don't Tread on Me!

I made it back from one tour
Then two and number three
Some never made it back at all
Don't Tread on Me!

I took an oath for the Constitution
I served my time willingly
Now you wish to take my freedoms
Don't Tread on Me!

I'll fight you tooth and nail
And others too, you'll see
We are the wolves among the sheep
Don't Tread on Me!

I don't go looking for trouble
Best to leave me be
But, if you try and push your agenda
Don't Tread on me!

There are countless thousands of others
It's "Molon Labe" we breathe
When you come for ours....bring yours
Don't Tread on Me!

HA556-US Navy/US Army/Natl. Guard

 

[RicInOR]

From back in my High School days

 

[pharmseller]

From back in my High School days



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It's carved into a stone tablet, I can't read it.

 

[RicInOR]

It's carved into a stone tablet, I can't read it.

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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven

“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

[Chorus]
Ooh, makes me wonder
Ooh, makes me wonder

[Verse 2]
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking

[Chorus]
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder


[Verse 3]
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter

[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-woahhh

[Verse 4]
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed, now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on

[Chorus]
And it makes me wonder
Ohh, woah

[Verse 5]
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

[Guitar Solo]


[Bridge]
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll

[Outro]
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

 

[RVTECH]

In fourteen hundred and ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue....

There once was a girl from the Azores....

 

[Mike_M57]

I'm partial to Cat Haiku


You must scratch me there.
There! Above my tail, Behold!
Elevator butt.