National Poetry Day

stickywicket

Some of my favourites:

Shakespeare's Marriage of Minds sonnet
Wilfred Owen – Dulce et Decorum Est
Jennifer Dines – Story
A P Herbert - Some of my favourites:

Shakespeare's Marriage of Minds sonnet
Wilfred Owen – Dulce et Decorum Est
Jennifer Dines – Story
A P Herbert - Ninth Wicket

Which are your favourite poems?

theresak

In no particular order :

To the Fallen - Dr. John McCrae.

The Musician - R S Thomas. ( When I first read this at school I didn't know I'd marry a violinist! )

The Seekers - John Masefield

The Listeners - Walter de La Mare

'Twas the Night before Christmas - Clement Moore ( a must-read to our sons first, & now grandsons )

barbara12

I adore If by Rudyard Kipling..especially the story behind it..
And one I cam across in a book made me laugh..The joys of being poor..think his name was Robert Williams...

Kitty

The Lady of Shallott - Tennyson
Myfanwy - Betjamin
Not Waving but Drowning - Stevie Smith

and this:

The Look

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

Sara Teasdale

daffy2

Radio 3 was celebrating by reading out haiku this morning sent in by listeners.The theme was light, and some of them were truly magical.

LignumVitae

A little late but here are a few of my favourites in no particular order:

Mountain Lion by D H Lawrence
Do not go gently into that good night by Dylan Thomas
Vow by Roger McGough - my brother read this at my wedding (I asked him to) and to me it is the perfect wedding reading, it cuts through all the romance and flowers gently and humorously to delve into the heart of what marriage is. I refer back to it every so often!

stickywicket

Thank you everyone for your contributions. Some I already like and some I can now get to know.

The Night Before Christmas? Oh yes! A must.

Haiku can be fascinating by their sheer brevity. Very Zen-like.