tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post6921748193143931752..comments2008-04-04T00:10:52.646-07:00jillypoetnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-41971292693623519072008-04-04T00:10:00.000-07:002008-04-04T00:10:00.000-07:00Hello, here by way of Poets Who Blog. I'd like to suggest Kahlil Gibran and Ralph Waldo Emerson..:)janetleighhttp://janetleigh.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-32880055549148275042008-04-03T15:37:00.000-07:002008-04-03T15:37:00.000-07:00i am an ee cummings lover. his poetry speaks to me...as does his style. he may be too 'simple' for this particular endeavor, but he is one of my very favorite poets.Jan Doblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844013803699228989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-11400616374376227962008-04-01T09:49:00.000-07:002008-04-01T09:49:00.000-07:00How about William Carlos Williams?<BR/><BR/>love-bdBeloved Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02625091389788114012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-86309252817960966122008-04-01T04:48:00.000-07:002008-04-01T04:48:00.000-07:00I suggest A.R. AmmonsPamhttp://coosacreek.org/amputated/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-34767566377447029242008-03-31T18:08:00.000-07:002008-03-31T18:08:00.000-07:00How about an Ode by Pablo Neruda? He has a variety, and imitating an ode would be interesting. He has odes to opposites, odes to common things, etc. I'm sure we could find an ode to post. <BR/>CarolCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020790732611928633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-75740257385913005302008-03-31T12:40:00.000-07:002008-03-31T12:40:00.000-07:00I would like to suggest Robert Louis Stevenson...I feel he is much undervalued as a serious poet.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04295727782709275018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-49566322581848261072008-03-31T06:42:00.000-07:002008-03-31T06:42:00.000-07:00oh boy...this is going to be tough. i'm very bad with choices. the toothpaste aisle makes me crazy...jillypoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14951224240914478371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-51367930421017045612008-03-30T21:35:00.000-07:002008-03-30T21:35:00.000-07:00From Aimee - one of Gwen's (Therese)friend and fellow poet - Stephen Dunn, contemporary and recent Pulitzer winner is one of my favorites, as is Marvin Bell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-76040716062179611442008-03-30T19:04:00.000-07:002008-03-30T19:04:00.000-07:00From Therese--I suggest these particular poems, which are readily available to all of us within the archives of the website of Poetry Daily at www.poetrydaily.org. Here are my suggestions: 1) "By Way of Introduction" by Bob Hicok (Feb 21, 2008); 2) "Form" by Campbell McGrath (Feb.13 2008); 3) "Seeds" by Kevin Prufer (Feb. 7, 2008); 4) "City Without Sleep" by F. Garcia Lorca (Jan.22, 2008); and 5) "After the Pyre" by Li-Young Lee (Jan. 12, 2008). Li-Young Lee will be reading in Albany on April 1st and I hope to attend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7765970379462364539.post-17533540677418377462008-03-30T17:38:00.000-07:002008-03-30T17:38:00.000-07:00Jim Daniels and Jack McCarthy are two of my favorites.Linda Jacobshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459940700516084069noreply@blogger.com