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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2960763" data-attributes="member: 8447">I love a lot of poetry -- I used to think that I didn't like it, but then a fantastic professor turned me around, not in my tastes, but my perceptions.&nbsp; Thanks, Don Sheehan!Who do I like?&nbsp; Well, Poe is great (The Bells, Annabel Lee, The Raven), as is Shakespeare (I particularly love Sonnet #130), Baudelaire (The Remorse of the Dead comes to mind), Rev. C.L. Dodgson/Lewis Carroll (ah, for The Walrus &amp; The Carpenter and Jabberwock), Ruyard Kipling (The Road to Mandalay was a favourite of my grandfather's), and many, many others.Langston Hughes is another great poet as well, and not mentioned up to this point.&nbsp; Let me offer up one fun poem of his on an odd topic:As Befits a ManI don't mind dying--But I'd hate to die all alone!I want a dozen pretty womenTo holler, cry, and moan.I don't mind dyingBut I want my funeral to be fine:A row of long tall mamasFainting, fanning, and crying.I want a fish-tail hearseAnd sixteen fish-tail cars,A big brass bandAnd a whole truck load of flowers.When they let me down,Down into the clay,I want the women to holler:Please don't take him away!Ow-ooo-oo-o!Don't take daddy away!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2960763, member: 8447"] I love a lot of poetry -- I used to think that I didn't like it, but then a fantastic professor turned me around, not in my tastes, but my perceptions. Thanks, Don Sheehan! Who do I like? Well, Poe is great ([I]The Bells[/I], [I]Annabel Lee[/I], [I]The Raven[/I]), as is Shakespeare (I particularly love Sonnet #130), Baudelaire ([I]The Remorse of the Dead[/I] comes to mind), Rev. C.L. Dodgson/Lewis Carroll (ah, for [I]The Walrus & The Carpenter[/I] and [I]Jabberwock[/I]), Ruyard Kipling ([I]The Road to Mandalay[/I] was a favourite of my grandfather's), and many, many others. Langston Hughes is another great poet as well, and not mentioned up to this point. Let me offer up one fun poem of his on an odd topic: [B]As Befits a Man[/B] I don't mind dying-- But I'd hate to die all alone! I want a dozen pretty women To holler, cry, and moan. I don't mind dying But I want my funeral to be fine: A row of long tall mamas Fainting, fanning, and crying. I want a fish-tail hearse And sixteen fish-tail cars, A big brass band And a whole truck load of flowers. When they let me down, Down into the clay, I want the women to holler: Please don't take him away! Ow-ooo-oo-o! Don't take daddy away! [/QUOTE]

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