Now it's your turn! I spent a wonderful week with Requiem for the Author of Frankenstein, by Molly Dwyer. An entire literary movement came alive within the pages of this novel (you can read my review here and don't forget to check out my interview with Molly) and now I want to give a copy of Requiem to one lucky winner.
One of the most fun aspects of this novel was that it reintroduced me to the great Romantic poets: So leave me a comment here telling me what your favorite poem is (from any period) and why. Make sure to leave an email contact, too.
The contest will be open for one week, closing on Thursday, October 16th, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time (-8 GMT). As always, international entries are welcome!
A poem I memorized in high school, over 50 years ago, was "A Psalm of Life" by Longfellow. Parts of it have stayed with me: the opening lines, and my favorite verse: Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite poem is Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I like the supernatural, spooky story of it but I also love the sound of it and sometimes I read it out loud just to hear the language. I have read it so many times that with out trying I have memorized parts if it but still I take my copy down from my bookshelf time and again.
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We've posted this contest at Win A Book. Thanks! No need to enter us in the contest.
ReplyDeleteThere are too many. Afterall, I am a poet. So I read a lot of poetry from all times. However, I like Shakespearean sonnets. I can't name just one. But he wrote a series of it pertaining with love. Some say those were about gay love which at that time was forbidden.
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Well, this isn't very sophisticated but I've loved Falling Up by Shel Silverstein ever since I was a kid. Now my kids love his books too : )
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Well my mind is not working at the moment to remeber a poem I liked; so if I must pick one, I will say The Song of Solomon.
ReplyDeletePlease enter me. My favorite poem is [somewhere i have never travelled] by EE Cummings.
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Sararush at hotmail dot com
favorite poem is If by Rudyard Kipling
ReplyDeleteI love "The Raven, still scraes me.
ReplyDeleteEmily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody". I tend to like a lot of her work. It speaks to me more than other poets.
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Believe it or not my favorite poem is The Highwayman; I memorised and can remember practicing "dramatic" readings of it into a tape recorder. I still love the way it flows and builds when spoken .Please enter me the book sounds amazing!
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trees it is thouhgt provoking although simplistic
ReplyDeleteJabberwocky from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There...very famous and picked and used alot- even in the muppett show I believe
ReplyDeleteI think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree.....
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if by kipling, its just so strong
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to pick just one...
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Forgive me
they were delicious
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My favorite poem is The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. It's still chilling, fun to recite and perfect for halloween. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteSong IX/ (Now called) Funeral Blues, by W.H. Auden.....heartwrenching and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love a lot of poetry. I love Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Which are you, is one of my favorites though.
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ReplyDeleteThe Raven by Poe. It just speaks to me in a certain way, and it's often misinterpreted; I like poems that seem straightforward but aren't.
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"As I Walked Out One Evening" by W. H. Auden.
ReplyDeleteA Snowy Morning by Frost
ReplyDeleteI love "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, because it's beautiful (even though sad) and because Anne of Green Gables loved it. :-)
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Lindsey
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I must admit I'm not much into poems, but there has always been one that easily comes to mind whenever asked the "what's your favorite poem?" question.
ReplyDeleteDesiderata. I loved it so much that I memorized it, because every line of the prose poem just makes me want to persevere, reminds me to be humble, and encourages me to be strong and happy. To me, it's more than just an inspiring poem; it's a guide to my life.
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My favourite poem is "All the World's a Stage" by Shakespeare. It's full of very accurate perceptions and wonderful imagery. I've loved it ever since I studied it in high school.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is "For Annie" by Edgar Allen Poe.
ReplyDeleteI like "Valentine" by Carol Ann Duffy. It is an unusual love poem, expressing both the good and bad elements of falling in love.
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My favorite poem is "Come slowly, Eden" by Emily Dickinson. Please enter me - I would love to win this book!
ReplyDeleteSince my mind is in Halloween mode right now the first one that comes to mind is The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. There are many others that I have enjoyed over the years, but right now that's the first one that pops into my head.
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My favorite poem is Still I Rise by Maya Angelou. I feel my inner-self getting stronger as I read it and I know I will rise from any struggle that is placed in my path.
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Wow, you're getting lots of entries for this one! Picking one favourite poem is tough! I love "Presentiment" by Emily Dickinson (mostly for the "startled grass" line), but I'm not sure it's my favourite...
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I was always partial to "If" by Kipling. That one seemed to resonate with me from the moment I first read it.
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Elizabeth
"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot because it is complicated and embodies the Modernist literary movement.
ReplyDeleteI love The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. It's eerie and beautiful.
ReplyDelete"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
ReplyDeleteMy dad gave me a book of poems by Robert Frost when I was very young so I will go with the road less traveled and as I have my children he has given them a book of poems by Robert Frost with a hand written note from grandfather to grandsons... its very touching... ok sorry long answer :) Thanks for the chance to win such a great gift!
ReplyDeleteI love the Raven by Poe during the Halloween season -- I have to narrow by season since I have so many favorite poets :-)
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The Raven by Poe. I used to have the whole thing memorized! Thanks for the contest!
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I'm not sure if I'm still in but I love Emily Dickinson and Pablo Neruda's works. They're very touching for me.
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I love the poem the daffodills by william wadsworth
ReplyDeleteEdgar Allen Poe's The Raven is my favorite because it is melancholy but not too much. I love to recite when I'm feeling a little dowm. garrettsambo@aol.com
ReplyDeleteThe Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner!!!! Top Notch
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ReplyDeleteI liked the Raven. It scared me as a kid.
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I love "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe. It is so sad and so beautiful, forbidden love.
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