Poetry Corner

aulsmith : I've found other poets who actually strive to be understood

thorold: Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love.

aulsmith: I'll admit that Ginsberg's reputation rest more on being famous than his poetry, but Howl, Sunflower Sutra, Kaddish and a few others are very fine poems and speak from a position rarely encountered in the plethera of academic American poetry.

thorold: so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

aulsmith: Or any translation. Or even the original Greek

aulsmith: A very interesting anthology set up by verse form. There is an explanation of the form and then example, both classic and modern.

aulsmith: If you do nothing else, read Virginia Woolf's first impressions of this poem.

aulsmith: I like Rexroth's translation much better than his own poetry.

SplendorofDelight: A concise guide to formal poetry

aulsmith: With your unconstraining voice, still persuade us to rejoice ...

thorold: If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say
“I love her for her smile—her look—her way Of speaking gently