What's everyone's favorite poem?

What's everyone's favorite poem? If yours is short, paste it here. If not, just link us to it. You can list why if you want, but you don't have to.

Mine is "A Man Said to the Universe"

A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

One of the reasons why I love it so much is that it is short, sweet, and to the point.

Never have I had

A poem that i so loved

Haikus are great though

Never have I had

A poem that i so loved

Haikus are great though

DarthSatan

Haha I see what you did ther.

"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

"Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

They're both really awesome.

An American Prayer, by Jim Morrison. Umm...can't post it here without getting modded. Here's my favorite part, though:

"The movie will begin in 5 moments"
The mindless Voice announced
"All those unseated, will await
The next show"

We filed slowly, languidly
into the hall. The auditorium
was vast, & silent.
As we seated & were darkened
The Voice continued:

"The program for this evening
is not new. You have seen
This entertainment thru & thru.
You've seen your birth, your
life & death; you might recall
all of the rest -- (did you
have a good world when you
died?) -- enough to base
a movie on?"

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

I LOVE Dickinson. Succinct, sweet and lonely like an echo down an empty hall.

Here are a few:

HOPE IS A THING WITH FEATHERS

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chilliest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

I FELT A FUNERAL FOR MY BRAIN

I felt a funeral in my brain,
And mourners, to and fro,
Kept treading, treading, till it seemed
That sense was breaking through.

And when they all were seated,
A service like a drum
Kept beating, beating, till I thought
My mind was going numb.

And then I heard them lift a box,
And creak across my soul
With those same boots of lead, again.
Then space began to toll

As all the heavens were a bell,
And Being but an ear,
And I and silence some strange race,
Wrecked, solitary, here.

I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED

I felt a funeral in my brain,
And mourners, to and fro,
Kept treading, treading, till it seemed
That sense was breaking through.

And when they all were seated,
A service like a drum
Kept beating, beating, till I thought
My mind was going numb.

And then I heard them lift a box,
And creak across my soul
With those same boots of lead, again.
Then space began to toll

As all the heavens were a bell,
And Being but an ear,
And I and silence some strange race,
Wrecked, solitary, here.

I also loved Ginsberg's Howl, which I also cannot post much of:

Probably some poem by Kavafis.

But I havent read many poems and I onle read poems by Kavafis because it was part of the Greek Literature lesson for the last year of High School.

I had fun analysing them and it was great that one of his poems was the one selected for the Panhellenic exams.

Rime of The Ancient Mariner.

I wrote one the other day... I never liked poetry, I always thought it was kind of fruity. And I'm not posting mine up here, you'll all just criticize it to no end.

I like my own poetry. Other than that I'll read Stan Rice, Viktor Rydberg and Karin Boye.

I wrote one the other day... I never liked poetry, I always thought it was kind of fruity. And I'm not posting mine up here, you'll all just criticize it to no end.

_IronManDude_

Fruity huh? This coming from the dude with a chick avatar and a check in your sig :P

Did you blog it? I'll just read it there.

[QUOTE="_IronManDude_"]I wrote one the other day... I never liked poetry, I always thought it was kind of fruity. And I'm not posting mine up here, you'll all just criticize it to no end.my_mortal_coil

Fruity huh? This coming from the dude with a chick avatar and a check in your sig :P

Did you blog it? I'll just read it there.

That is, lesbian kiss AND Metallica in my sig, thank you very much. I think it shows how much I like women. I have to think that.

No, I didn't blog it, but it's over at the Writer's Lounge, if you care.

Mine would probably be "One Mic" by Nas

Here's my attempt to translate a poem by Kavafis into English.

The poem is called "Melancholy" in the English Translation I made, but the actual title is much bigger in length. (I cant recall it 100% but its somewhat like "The Melancholy of (enter name, date and place here)")

So here it goes....

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Melancholy
The passing of years through my body and shape
Wound from a horrible knife it is.
There are no means for me to escape
To you, Art of Poetry, I resort,
You somewhat know of remedies;
To mellow the ache trying, through Fantasy and Words

Wound from a horrible knife it is
Bring your remedies, Art of Poetry
That render the wound – for a while – sufferable

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As you see its not a rhyming poem, nor does it have a metre (the shape - escape rhyme happened coincidentally in translation. There are no rhymes in the original poem).

And a translation couldnt do justice to a poem imo. Poems are the hardest to translate. Not because you cant translate them per se but because its nearly impossible to convey the same underlying messages, hints and feelings of the tongue it was initially written into the language you want to translate it. The grammatical structure of each language gives it unique tools to be expressive and although no language lacks in those expressive means (at least not in a degree to create a serious problem in most cases), their "actualisation" matters a lot and thats what differs mostly. I just felt like doing it though.

"Os Lusíadas" by Luís de Camões. Too big for g-spot.

I like alot of Edgar Allen Poe's stuff...and some George Orwell..as for favorites...i'd have to say...The Fall of the House of Usher..that may be considered a short story though..

My favorite Haiku from Beavis and Butt-head It was cool, huh huh When we killed that frog, huh huh Never croak againUT_Wrestler

FTW

Desiderata, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Raven, or that other poem, I cannot remember what it's called but it was about the guy who murdered someone, hid the body under the floorboards, and when he was talking to cops he kept thinking he heard the heart beating.

or that other poem, I cannot remember what it's called but it was about the guy who murdered someone, hid the body under the floorboards, and when he was talking to cops he kept thinking he heard the heart beating.

Bluestorm-Kalas

That sounds like "The Tell Tale Heart" but I remember that being a short story, not a poem.

Nobody liked my poem... :(

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe is easily my favorite. Poe is the only poet that I actually enjoy.

Pioneers! O Pioners! by Walt Whitman

Jabberwocky is everyone's favourite poem. If anyone says otherwise, they are lying.

Desiderata, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Raven, or that other poem, I cannot remember what it's called but it was about the guy who murdered someone, hid the body under the floorboards, and when he was talking to cops he kept thinking he heard the heart beating.

Bluestorm-Kalas

Jabberwocky is everyone's favourite poem. If anyone says otherwise, they are lying.

harashawn

This was one of my profesional poems I included in my poetry project for school.

to lyrics from hiphop songs count?

to lyrics from hiphop songs count?

hiphopballer

No..hiphop isn't poetry..

[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

to lyrics from hiphop songs count?

Xx_Hopeless_xX

No..hiphop isn't poetry..

[QUOTE="Bluestorm-Kalas"] or that other poem, I cannot remember what it's called but it was about the guy who murdered someone, hid the body under the floorboards, and when he was talking to cops he kept thinking he heard the heart beating.

MetroidPrimePwn

That sounds like "The Tell Tale Heart" but I remember that being a short story, not a poem.

[QUOTE="Bluestorm-Kalas"]

Desiderata, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Raven, or that other poem, I cannot remember what it's called but it was about the guy who murdered someone, hid the body under the floorboards, and when he was talking to cops he kept thinking he heard the heart beating.

D_Battery

It wasn't made by Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden took lines from the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and made it into one of the greatest epic's in music ever!

But I agree, the song is probably my second favorite, right behind Hallowed be thy Name.

Now that I think of it, because song lyrics are basically poems, Hallowed be thy Name would be on there too.

I really like the poems and songs my friend writes. I would post one but he'd kill me :PEpicGamerGirl

I write poems and post them on my blog...no one ever reads them so it's better you don't waste your time..and risk your life..

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="hiphopballer"]

to lyrics from hiphop songs count?

Bluestorm-Kalas

No..hiphop isn't poetry..

I'm pretty sure all music lyrics are poetry.

I'm not a big poem guy, but I really like Rendezvous by Alan Seeger

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air--
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench my breath--
It may be I shall pass him still.
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some scarred slope of battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this year
And the first meadow-flowers appear.

God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear . . .
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.

[QUOTE="EpicGamerGirl"]I really like the poems and songs my friend writes. I would post one but he'd kill me :PXx_Hopeless_xX

I write poems and post them on my blog...no one ever reads them so it's better you don't waste your time..and risk your life..

I read it the other day thank ya vey much :D and yes Epic, I will kill you :P

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="EpicGamerGirl"]I really like the poems and songs my friend writes. I would post one but he'd kill me :Ptheintrospect79

I write poems and post them on my blog...no one ever reads them so it's better you don't waste your time..and risk your life..

I read it the other day thank ya vey much :D and yes Epic, I will kill you :P

I wrote more..and what type of poems do you write?..

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

I write poems and post them on my blog...no one ever reads them so it's better you don't waste your time..and risk your life..

Xx_Hopeless_xX

I read it the other day thank ya vey much :D and yes Epic, I will kill you :P

I wrote more..and what type of poems do you write?..

Justwhatever my inner-most emotions and feelings are at that moment. I feel they are too deep sometimes though. I like metaphors :)

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

I read it the other day thank ya vey much :D and yes Epic, I will kill you :P

theintrospect79

I wrote more..and what type of poems do you write?..

Justwhatever my inner-most emotions and feelings are at that moment. I feel they are too deep sometimes though. I like metaphors :)

Cool..i just write mine to express how i feel about certain things and myself..i don't really use metaphors though..:x

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

I wrote more..and what type of poems do you write?..

Xx_Hopeless_xX

Justwhatever my inner-most emotions and feelings are at that moment. I feel they are too deep sometimes though. I like metaphors :)

Cool..i just write mine to express how i feel about certain things and myself..i don't really use metaphors though..:x

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="theintrospect79"]

Justwhatever my inner-most emotions and feelings are at that moment. I feel they are too deep sometimes though. I like metaphors :)

EpicGamerGirl

Cool..i just write mine to express how i feel about certain things and myself..i don't really use metaphors though..:x

No, just decided to use that one randomly..:|

[QUOTE="EpicGamerGirl"][QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

Cool..i just write mine to express how i feel about certain things and myself..i don't really use metaphors though..:x

Xx_Hopeless_xX

No, just decided to use that one randomly..:|

[QUOTE="Xx_Hopeless_xX"]

[QUOTE="EpicGamerGirl"] Why the face, lol. Vengeance?EpicGamerGirl

No, just decided to use that one randomly..:|

Funny..interesting word..depends on one's personal perception of the world around them..