Lucille Clifton is another good one. And Margaret Atwood wrote some good poetry.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Nov 26, 2014 11:06:23 am PST #22856 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
flea - Nov 26, 2014 11:25:05 am PST #22857 of 28343
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I would look for an anthology, like, say an anthology of 20th century american women poets, which I just made up but probably exists, and get a snippet of all of the above, and then see who you like and go deeper.
Calli - Nov 26, 2014 11:49:41 am PST #22858 of 28343
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks, y'all. I picked up a couple of anthologies at the library, and I'll look for the names above.
askye - Nov 26, 2014 12:06:29 pm PST #22859 of 28343
Thrive to spite them
Just throwing suggestions out for women poets to read but try - Nikki Giovanni I discovered her in high school, I think one of her poems was reprinted in Ms. Magazine and I read it over and over. Ego Tripping, that's the name of the poem.
Oh and Gwendolyn Brooks.
And even though she was popular in the 30s Elinor Wylie has fallen out of favor but she's always been a favorite poet. I love Sea Lullaby.
Ouise - Nov 26, 2014 2:59:12 pm PST #22860 of 28343
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
The Toast had an article on female beat poets: Elise Cowen: The Female Beat Poet You’ve Never Heard Of.
Beverly - Nov 26, 2014 4:05:34 pm PST #22861 of 28343
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh, I love Lucille Clifton. And Naomi Shihab Nye. Sharon Olds, of course, and Dove, and Rich, and Angelou. A couple of personal favorites are Marge Piercy and Jane Kenyon--those two did a lot to help me survive the late 90s, early oughties--personal epiphany, painful growth and change, etc.
Pix - Nov 26, 2014 4:13:05 pm PST #22862 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
All of these recs are great! A couple I love whom I don’t think have been mentioned: Linda Pastan and Louise Gluck. And Joy Harjo (not as well known; a Native poet with a beautiful style) and Maxine Kumin.
ETA: A great anthology is No More Masks: [link]
Steph L. - Nov 26, 2014 4:19:33 pm PST #22863 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh my god, yes, Jane Kenyon.
Beverly - Nov 26, 2014 4:58:16 pm PST #22864 of 28343
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Let Evening Come can still stop my crazy in its tracks.
And another rec - When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women, by Andrea Hollander Budy
Kat - Nov 26, 2014 6:48:30 pm PST #22865 of 28343
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Calli, I'd also recommend Tracy K. Smith. She's more contemporary, but Life on Mars is amazing.