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Hi guys,
My neighbour is in hospital and has asked me to find him a book of English, easy to read and to digest poetry.
To be honest, I never got into English poetry all that much so I'm a bit at a loss as to where to start. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Punch him in the face.
's a bit harsh
Robert Graves is one of my favourite English poets, and very accessible too.
The Naked and the Nude
Robert Graves
For me, the naked and the nude
(By lexicographers construed
As synonyms that should express
The same deficiency of dress
Or shelter) stand as wide apart
As love from lies, or truth from art.
Lovers without reproach will gaze
On bodies naked and ablaze;
The Hippocratic eye will see
In nakedness, anatomy;
And naked shines the Goddess when
She mounts her lion among men.
The nude are bold, the nude are sly
To hold each treasonable eye.
While draping by a showman's trick
Their dishabille in rhetoric,
They grin a mock-religious grin
Of scorn at those of naked skin.
The naked, therefore, who compete
Against the nude may know defeat;
Yet when they both together tread
The briary pastures of the dead,
By Gorgons with long whips pursued,
How naked go the sometime nude!
Give him some hard core pornography instead.
That'd be uber harsh if he was in for cock surgery, like.
Clock surgery :blink:
Is that a wind up :frusty:
I knew you'd chime in with something like that, bell-end.
Thanks chavis, knew I could count on you. Any others you are thinking of?
the only poetry I know of is that wordsworth gheyness we got forced to read at school, true story.
You're up late Bo
I'm waiting for the bawxing, innit.
This isn't late for me anyway, tho'
Its late for you Squeeky.
I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep.
i slept for 2 hours i think, i dunno whether to go shopping or go back to bed.
Paradise Lost. Great, very long series of bewks.
Chalice reminded me of it when he mentioned Milton in another thread.
The person in question is an English teacher (well, used to be). I suspect he pretty much knows all about Milton.
Get him a good compilation of English poetry, "The Nations favorite Poems" is a nice book. Or something like this http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Hundre.../dp/0231082398
I like a bit of Chaucer when i'm drunk at a party with the wyf.
what kind of party is this ya big mad mental.
Drink, Gals and fekk normally (If Chaucer has his way).
Is Chaucer your dog.
Bloodaxe Books do a good selection of modern, oft quite edgy, sometimes funny compilations.
offer him Dylan Thomas works, the most brilliant poet that Wales has ever known.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas
Dunno, babe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
If the fucker is an English teacher, it leaves the thread pretty much moot, like.
As Crabby says, get a new or respected anthology.
Otherwise, get a collected volume of early-to-late 80's gangster rap lyrics.
Name another Welsh poet, without looking it up somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by cinephilia
Dawn French
She's from Plymouth, not Wales.
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Originally Posted by chaliceDunno, babe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
If the fucker is an English teacher, it leaves the thread pretty much moot, like.
As Crabby says, get a new or respected anthology.
Otherwise, get a collected volume of early-to-late 80's gangster rap lyrics.
I ended up getting the on you recommended plus 2 bundles of contemproary poets. He better appreciate it, the mean fucker.
She was born in North Wales. Anglesey I thinks..Quote:
Originally Posted by CrabGirl
actually, i know what i'm talking about since i read most of his works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wizard ScuffName another Welsh poet, without looking it up somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by cinephilia
i also skimmed through an anthology of welsh poetry but it didn't touch me 'deeply' as mush as Dylan Thomas did.
William Ernest Henley, In Hospital. FFS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skweeky
I like Invictus, also.
Just find a collection wot has those.
:yes: :sage:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sextent
Solves everything.