Comments for article: Favorite Poets!

Comment by Jason Iriarte

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:04:42 -0800

William Blake: He had rhythm, his poems are like music...and yet the profundity of his message shines through. His message is as timeless as the Bible, his imagination boundless. He was never pretentious, and always brutally honest. I can truly say he changed my life.
"Energy is eternal delight."

Comment by Nicole Konitski

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:10:12 -0800

My favorite poet? Debra Jo Howard...every time I hear her speak I get the urge to close my eyes and weep. I get the urge to tap my foot and breathe. But I usually find myself holding my breathe until it is over and then I realize that her words have hit me so much more profoundly than any song I have ever heard!

Comment by s'ven kærl

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:28:48 -0700

It seems that the question is too broad for most people, perhaps our favorite historical avant-garde and/or poet, (eg. dadaist, futurist, cubist, Surrealist, lettrist), or say, favorite American school, scene, period (eg. Beats, Romantics, 19th C., Black-Power, modernist, po-mo, feminist, slam, hip-hop, radical black lesbians, etc.), or other such delineations may help. My recent favorite new discoveries are Eugene Ostashevsky for his esoteric-punkiness, Aaron Smith for his eloquent refinement, yet fully unabashed forthrightness, Fred Moten for being a true Buddha of all the African-American diasporic lineages. Before you fault me for selecting 3 men, please read on. I went through an extended period where the only poets I read were women, mostly lesbian, because I was so sick of the macho-BS of hip-hop, guy-slam-poets and all the hipster-white-boy whiner clap-trap... But, as I've been sincerely craving alternate masculinities, these 3 gents couldn't be more different from one another, nor offer any greater resistance from the oppressive quotidian hegemony in their unique parallelogrammatic poetry of resistance.

-merci.
meAΩ

Comment by Adam

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:11:50 -0700

Alexandra Johnson of Florence, Alabama is my favorite poet and a great personal friend. Her writings are from her heart, as in the title of her book "More Than Just Words". What she writes is more than just words for sure. If you haven't read her work, you're missing out on some excellent reading. It's an honor and a priveledge to vote for as My Favorite Poet.
Adam

Comment by Demetri Rameriz

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:54:38 -0700

This might sound very typical but i love and worship the work of my idol mr Edger allen Poe
he is and always will be a great poet hes deep and very real and hes very dark thats what I like to write about .

Demetri

Comment by ryventheshadowsoul

Mon, 14 May 2007 17:39:02 -0700

I'm a Silvia Plath and Steven Crane fan myself. I know so typical. But they both have wonderful styles both of which i enjoy very much.
Jaclyn

Comment by Roba Adnew

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:48:11 -0700

I love Saull Williams Nikki Giovanni and William Carlos Williams

Comment by nameless S

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:34:29 -0700

You gotta give some credit to dylan thomas he's amazing

Comment by mary hazen

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:42:53 -0700

so many of the classics but my favorite modern poets are Dodinsky and Tom Sproule