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Favorite poet?

Falling rain

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0 posted 2008-06-16 08:29 AM

Who's your favorite poet? I have alot of favorites but if I had to pick.. uhmm...Edgar Allen Poe and... Lewis Carrol.... Who's your favorite poet and why?

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Alison

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1 posted 2008-06-16 10:15 AM

Zach,

Why are they your favorites?

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Falling rain

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2 posted 2008-06-16 12:33 PM

why aren't they??

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Falling rain

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3 posted 2008-06-17 02:31 PM

Sorry I read your question wrong.. oops lol

Uhmm I like Edgar Allen Poe because he was one of the many that first reveiled the darker side of life.

And Lewis Carrol becuase of his new way of creativity.. He just beings a new light out of the dark shadows of that time-frame that i enjoy to read..

Well Alison.. do you have a favorite poet?

"It might be easy to fall for someone but it's also easy to break a heart." - Zach Booker.

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4 posted 2008-06-28 05:43 PM

Falling Rain, have you read any of Poe's short stories? They might interest you. They have a similar dark theme, more or less, akin to his poetry.

And, to answer your question, my favorite poets are Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman.

I prefer Langston Hughes because his writing is refreshingly positive for his circumstance and the times.

I prefer Walt Whitman because his writing style is more liberated yet still structured- a healthy balance. Also his general transcendental themes are enjoyable.

~Jill

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And what I assume you shall assume,
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