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Another favourite of mine is Phillip Larkin, especially his Arundel work, a place I am yet to visit though I feel one coming soon.
I used to intensely dislike Robert Frost but this was because we had "nothing gold can stay" and "the road not taken" pounded into our heads in middle school [rant about the poetry teaching practices in American middle schools will be saved for later] but his work has grown on me a lot since I got a hold of the good stuff. I like Allen Ginsberg sometimes, though he's not my favorite; same goes for E. E. Cummings. I like Elizabeth Bishop - she has a very even voice. More often I'm a fan of individual poems, rather than poets. "For My Niece Sydney, Age Six" and "Raven and the Birth of Tango" spring to mind.
Favourite Poet PAM Ayers, Pam Ayres, Pam Ayers, this is because of the kind of person I am. I find it difficult to take things seriously as you will have guessed from my poetry. I have written several serious poems for adults but usually write for children. I prefer a good laugh anyday rather than wallowing in something morbid.
It's strange; I can like just about any poet, but usually I'll only enjoy two or three of their poems. My favorites are probably Mandelstam, Pasternak, Edgar Allan Poe, among others.. I just can't think of them at the moment. Oh, and my least favorites are Shakespeare (I know, I'm a horrible person), Robert Louis Stevenson and anything that rhymes too often and too much.
Personally, I love the work of Robert Frost. I haven't looked, but I'm sure he's been mentioned on this thread. If not, shame on all of you. Just kidding. I strongly dislike Shakespeare, but I'm sure that's just due to being forced to read his work over the years.
I like Poe alot; I'm not particularly into poetry. I may stumble across someone I like more eventually, though I dislike anything rambling, incoherent, over indulgent (flowery might be a better word), or without any sort of rhyme or rhythm. I wasn't a big fan of Frost; the one piece I've read came off as an assault of quaint imagery and flowery descriptions
T.S. Eliot Charles Bukowski Allen Ginsberg John Milton Worst poets? The ones at my school that write that same "Myspace-appropriate" forlorn love **** that is so prominent during the teenage years.
I personally have always enjoyed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Poe... The Village Blacksmith...... first poem I ever had to remember in school and actually liked...... mmmmmmm I would say I honestly appreciate Shakespears works... but highly dislike reading his poetry due to the fact that I have been forced to read too many of his works.... it has become a chore as was previously said...
After nearly two years, I guess it's time for a thread revival I have only been serious about poetry for a month now, but have already ventured through many names and works. For right now, I'd have to say my favorites are: Whitman, Dickenson, Tennyson, Emerson, Cummings, Shakespeare (of course). Although I love some of the writings of Poe, I respect him much more as a short-story writer than a poet.
as a poetry lover from earliest childhood and a full time poet for several decades, i've far too many favorites to list and don't believe in having just one... that said, there are well-published, more contemporary ones, much of whose work i can't even bear to call 'poetry'... bukowski heads that list...
i love wb yeats, emily dickinson, sylvia plath, but i can't say poetry is really my most knowledgeable area.
John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, is highly overlooked when it comes to classic poets, I think...