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Poetry anyone?

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stephdawe04 said:
And if you have any in Spanish, that would be great. I was thinking of doing one in Spanish and translate it in English... I dunno.
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the obvious answer here is pablo neruda. he's chilean and revered for his love poetry in particular. most if not all of his work was in spanish.

otherwise... if you're new to poetry, you'll probably like billy collins a lot. very accessible, to the point where many people who are into poetry look down upon him. i think he's written a lot of good poems though, maybe even a couple of great ones.
 
#11
Whither goest thou America, into the night
black ribbon highway stretching endless



Sure, Herbert
Take a bite.
The crowd, milling by the bridge.
So much
has gone Away.


Telmetale. Of stem or stone. Beside the rivering, the hitherandthithering waters of. Night.
 
#13
None of you strikes me as being the Romantic type, so I'll suggest you might want to stay away from Byron, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. You might also find Emily Dickinson a bit twee.

How about Tennyson? There's some vigorous poetry for you. Or his contemporary Kipling, which verges on doggerel but has some truth.

Ooo. Go read The Waste Land by T S Eliot. Then read it again. Then go to sleep, wake up, and read it again. It will take rather a long time for it to sink in... but it will be more than worth the effort. Do the same thing with his Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, or The Hollow Men.

On the lighter side, how about e e cummings or Ogden Nash? Or if you're really depressed, Sylvia Plath or Anne Sexton.

Yes, I used to substitute-teach English. There a problem here?!
 
#15
I think that Thinking of you wins :D



And I could be wrong but by "this is another I am doing an assignment threads" and "I was thinking of doing one in Spanish and translating it to English"........I think she was looking for something not by a famous poet, but either one you made up or something she could pass off as her own and get away with :p
 
#16
I have one for you:


"Mickey"

Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff), hey Mickey (huff huff)
Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff) hey Mickey
Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff) hey Mickey (huff huff)
Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff) hey Mickey

Hey Mickey!
You've been around all night and that's a little long
You think you've got the right but I think you've got it wrong
Why can't you say goodnight so you can take me home, Mickey

'Cause when you say you will, it always means you won't
You're givin' me the chills, baby, please baby don't
Every night you still leave me all alone, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Hey Mickey!
Now when you take me by the hooves,everyone's gonna know
Every time you move I let a little more show
There's somethin' we can use, so don't say no, Mickey

So come on and give it to me any way you can
Any way you wanna do it, I'll treat you like a man
Oh please, baby, please, don't leave me in a jam, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey
(Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey)

Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff) hey Mickey (huff huff)
Oh Mickey, you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind,
hey Mickey (huff huff) hey Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you Mickey (huff huff)
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you Mickey (Mickey) (huff huff)
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey

Oh Mickey, what a pity you don't understand (yay)
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you're so pretty, can't you understand
It's guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don't break my heart, Mickey


Cheers
 
#17
Ahaha, not funny. :rolleyes:

Ba Gua Tiger said:
And I could be wrong but by "this is another I am doing an assignment threads" and "I was thinking of doing one in Spanish and translating it to English"........I think she was looking for something not by a famous poet, but either one you made up or something she could pass off as her own and get away with
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Well so long as it isn't lame, sure!

Wow, there are a whole heap of stuff here, this is gonna take me ages to get through... thanks guys!
 

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