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<blockquote data-quote="reutbing0" data-source="post: 401108" data-attributes="member: 1588">Some of my favoritesWalt WhitmanWhen I heard the learned astronomer.When I heard the learn'd astronomer.When the proofs, the figuures, were ranged in columns before me.When I was shown the charts and diagrams to add, divide and measure them.When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room.How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myselfIn the mystical moist night air, and from time to time.Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.Once I Pass'd through a Populous City &nbsp; ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions,&nbsp; Yet now of all that city I remember only a woman I casually met&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; there who detain'd me for love of me,&nbsp; Day by day and night by night we were together-all else has long&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; been forgotten by me,&nbsp; I remember I say only that woman who passionately clung to me,&nbsp; Again we wander, we love, we separate again,&nbsp; Again she holds me by the hand, I must not go,&nbsp; I see her close beside me with silent lips sad and tremulous.Emily DickinsonA bird came down the walk:He did not know I saw;He bit an angle-worm in halvesAnd ate the fellow, raw.And then he drank a dewFrom a convenient grass,And then hopped sidewise to the wallTo let a beetle pass.He glanced with rapid eyesThat hurried all abroad,--They looked like frightened beads, I thought;He stirred his velvet headLike one in danger; cautious,I offered him a crumb,And he unrolled his feathersAnd rowed him softer homeThan oars divide the ocean,Too silver for a seam,Or butterflies, off banks of noon,Leap, splashless, as they swim.I would also like to mention Ginsberg's Howl and Claude Mckays (or so I believe should look that one up) 'The Harlem Dancer'. O and Theodore Roethke, most notably 'I knew a woman' and Papa's Waltz'. I could mention many more but this a start (for american poetry at least).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="reutbing0, post: 401108, member: 1588"] [b]Some of my favorites[/b] [B]Walt Whitman[/B] [I]When I heard the learned astronomer.[/I] When I heard the learn'd astronomer. When the proofs, the figuures, were ranged in columns before me. When I was shown the charts and diagrams to add, divide and measure them. When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room. How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself In the mystical moist night air, and from time to time. Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars. [I]Once I Pass'd through a Populous City[/I] ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions, Yet now of all that city I remember only a woman I casually met there who detain'd me for love of me, Day by day and night by night we were together-all else has long been forgotten by me, I remember I say only that woman who passionately clung to me, Again we wander, we love, we separate again, Again she holds me by the hand, I must not go, I see her close beside me with silent lips sad and tremulous. [B]Emily Dickinson[/B] A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidewise to the wall To let a beetle pass. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad,-- They looked like frightened beads, I thought; He stirred his velvet head Like one in danger; cautious, I offered him a crumb, And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than oars divide the ocean, Too silver for a seam, Or butterflies, off banks of noon, Leap, splashless, as they swim. I would also like to mention Ginsberg's Howl and Claude Mckays (or so I believe should look that one up) 'The Harlem Dancer'. O and Theodore Roethke, most notably 'I knew a woman' and Papa's Waltz'. I could mention many more but this a start (for american poetry at least). [/QUOTE]

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