So pleased that you chose Yeats. My five apart from a few of those already mentioned would be John Clare, Samuel Tayler Coleridge, Edward Thomas, John Betjeman and Philip Larkin. I am somewhat intimidated by poetry but these are the poets whose work I return to and enjoy.
That's a wonderful list! I've really loved this little 5 poets challenge. Quite a few people have weighed in, which is lovely. Thanks for tuning in, Corinne.
I knew you would find a way to include poetry in your channel again! Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs has been sitting in my Kindle for too long. Congratulations on another wonderful video. ❤
@@heathersmusic8833 thank you, Heather! Oh, I’ll keep finding ways! Oliver’s Dog Songs are very sweet…all poems about the beloved dogs she has had throughout her life. 🥰🐕
Brilliant Pat. I love this little series. I saw Aaron’s video and enjoyed that too. Coincidentally I found a copy of AE Houseman’s work in the wilds of the charity shops this week and read it. It was beautiful. I credit you and Aaron for reigniting my interest in poetry. I’m going to find the poets you mention and give them a read 😊
I havent watched Aaron's video, yet, but he's turned me on to some great contemporary poets, most recently A. E. Stallings' book, _LIKE._ I personally love forms: villenelles, especially. Milton (a friend & I have been going to a monthly _Paradise Lost_ event), Shakespeare, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, Keats ... so many! 🖋 P.S., Im ignorant about Wordsworth ... I _know!_ 🤗
@@bighardbooks770 Allen, maybe you’ll join in on this? Joe, Josh, and Aaron all have phenomenal videos. You would have so much to add. I just wanted to come up with five different names, but my top five list would overlap in some ways with theirs.
Great video! I guessed three of your five (Frosr, Merwin, and Oliver). I thought you would say Whitman, but at least Mary Oliver did. I'm nearing 70, and I've been reading and writing poetry since age nine. I'm no genius, but I love poetry. A current fascination is with Seamus Heaney. Thanks Pat!
It's been wonderful watching this series of videos gain traction. The future of poetry appreciation is in good hands with these young people championing the genre and its practitioners. I'm so glad you've added your voice to the conversation! Your choices are exquisite.
Thank you for sharing your poetry choices with us Pat. I have to admit that poetry as a genre has for the most part, remained unfamiliar territory for me, and I’m an English major. Your video has encouraged me to begin exploring it in earnest.
@@daubiebooks63 Thank you for this comment. As an English teacher, I worked hard to learn to make poetry more accessible to kids. It’s made me a life-long reader of poetry. 😊
I am a huge Mary Oliver fan! I love that you included her and the poems you chose! There are many poets in here that I haven't read yet so I'm adding them to my list! Great video :)
Ah, this is so so wonderful, Pat! I love all of your choices. I remember considering Yeats as an option when I first made my video. When You Are Old is stunningly beautiful! Millay, Merwin, and Mary Oliver are all poets I need to explore further - so thank you for sharing their poetry! I enjoyed it a lot. Frost was also such a great pick. His poetry calls out to me, though I haven’t yet done a deep dive into his work. I love his poem The Oven Bird: “…He says the early petal fall is past, When pear and cherry bloom fell down in showers On sunny days a moment over-cast…” Apologies for the over-long comment! This is just so exciting to see. Thanks!
Pat, I loved this. Could listen to you all day. You must have been a wonderful educator. The Journey and The Mockingbird are two of Oliver's I have copied to my journal. I'm my 70's I stick mostly with Oliver but I got a copy of Leonard Cohen's lyrics that feels like poetry to me. When I was young girl I loved Poe and Dickinson, Sara Teasdale and Elinor Wylie. I've moved on since then but still get the most comfort from Oliver.
@@apoetreadstowrite Exactly. Maybe a favorite 50? I, too, came up with five different poets from the ones that the gentlemen chose just to keep the dialogue going and expanding. I'd love to see whatever you'd like to contribute!🥰
Good day, Pat. Nice choices. I didn't like Wordsworth much when I read him at university. Same with Keats. Shelley and Byron, on the other hand, engaged me. I wrote a paper on Shelley's last major poem The Triumph of Life. Frederic Prokosch, a forgotten American writer, wrote a novel about Byron The Missolonghi Manuscript.Beautiful work. Milton's Paradise Lost, forever...the mind can make heaven out of hell, a hell out of heaven...Lucifer stole the show. Nice to hear Rilke. He used to be a young person's poet, now no one reads him. I think about him often because I have Wim Wender's film Wings of Desire within eyesight on a bookshelf in front of me. Rilke's Duino Elegies was one of several inspirations for that enchanting film.
@@LibroParadiso-ep4zt nice to hear from you. I have really enjoyed this chain of videos, and I’m thrilled that these young men, all of whom read a great deal of poetry, have started this dialogue.
Good Morning Pat. When I was younger I was more into poetry than I have been of late. I have had my interest piqued recently watching booktubers like yourself highlight some of the great poets. A poet I was introduced to in my 20's many years ago Merritt Malloy is a favorite although not as well known as the ones you selected. I enjoy Rumi, a current poet Rudy Francisco, I also love the poetry of Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes. I bought a few books of poetry over the past year or two for a challenge that said Ray Bradbury recommended one should try "to read one short story, one essay, and one poem every night". I did not do very well but now that I have the time I may try this again! (yes I am a chatty commenter) 😁😉😊🤫
@@marciajohansson769 thank you for this lovely comment! I do like that Ray Bradbury challenge! I probably couldn’t keep up with it either, but I like the idea in theory. Thank you for the poet suggestions. I do like many that you’ve mentioned, but Merritt Malloy is a new name to me. This was just a fun little challenge I jumped into after watching the videos of the three gentlemen, and it may catch on a bit. Thanks again for commenting so thoughtfully! 🥰
Pat, what an insightful thread. As a neophyte to poetry (can you believe it!) I am slowly warming up to it and recently discovered Iranian icon Forough Farrokhzad who is still to this day recognized as the symbol of feminism in her country.
You read with such understanding, delight and clarity. Fantastic. And what a great collection of poetry books you have, no wonder you've been contributing so much read poetry to Booktube. I would like to make a video keeping this strand going - have begun to mentally make my list...
@@heathergregg9975 oh Heather, I would love it if you’d jump in too! My top five really would include several that the gentlemen already picked, so I just picked five more to keep it going. It was a lot of fun!
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I responded with my gut, but I'm just not sure if I can find the time now, as I'm one of the co-hosts prepping for "Framed! in September" - but it's a very exciting topic. You know that heart jump when something appears on Booktube and you want to join in.... Then you realise the prep and research involved. Just thinking about which 5 to include would be an exciting project.
@@heathergregg9975 oh no!! Weather pressure!! I live on the east coast of the U.S., and we are under a tornado warning this am, which is very unusual for these parts!
@@TimeTravelReads you can just pop in anywhere and see what resonates with you. You don’t need to know anything about poetry to start. Just see what you like. I’m loving that this little response video thread has somewhat taken off. 🥰
Oh my! How wonderful! Thank you. A few months ago , I gained some insight about Percy Shelley by reading a new biography of Mary Shelley called Mary's Monster by Lita Judge. It adds to my confusion about separating an author from his/her work. Maybe it is better to not know the intimate details about their personal lives as it colors the perception of the beautiful art they create.
@@bjminton2698 thank you! Yes, I find the lives of most writers very interesting. And the Shelleys-wow! I’m very interested in them as people and as a couple. The Romantics were a fascinating lot!
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I hope you’ll join in Ros. My top five would definitely overlap with the gentlemen’s lists. I was just trying not to repeat. Mary Oliver gets a bad wrap in academia over here, but truthfully, she has made poetry readers out of millions of people. I think critics have underestimated her. She has always spoken to me, I guess.
@@Nina_DP just held her off til the very end. I do love her, and she comes from the same line of poets as many of the traditional ones that I adore. I’m working hard to find meaningful ways to keep the poetry coming-and thank you for continuing to watch. 🥰
Rilke is fantastic. I prefer German classics, like Goethe and Schiller, but I actually lack knowledge about contemporary poetry, except we count Ginsberg and Bukowsky as contemporary. I can learn so much here! Thanks
Hi Pat! I had this on in the background as I was rearranging my bookshelves. As ones does on a Friday night 😂 As you know I’m not a big poetry reader, but I’m trying to keep an open mind. The Mary Oliver ones are probably the ones I like best so far. It was really cozy to have this video on in the background, like a literary fireplace, although I did get a little bit of existential panic from those last few lines! 😅 Good way of keeping up with the poetry, for your intended audience. I wish you a lovely weekend 😊
Thank you, Ellen. Mary Oliver is definitely a poet that even non-poetry lovers can appreciate. I always try to pick accessible poems. How is your bookshelf rearranging going? I need to do that too upstairs, but I need to give away a few hundred more books before I can really do anything substantial. It's totally out of control up there. We are currently under a tornado watch. The local police just notified us that it's been extended until 11:00 tonight (It's 4:30 here now), so that. is pretty scary. We don't usually have that kind of weather here on the east coast. So I'm staying put for now. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 You do a great job of picking accessible poems 😊 There is such a variety in themes and rythm and imagery, so I don't expect to like them all, but it always feels like elevating your brain a little to listen to it. I counted my books the other day and I'm still under 100 unread, which I think is fine ^^ So I was just stacking them a bit differently to fit them all on the shelf, instead of in piles on the floor... It's not the prettiest setup, but it will do for now. I can't wait to see your stash! I mean library 😉 That does sound scary! Stay safe and I hope it's a false alarm. At least you have a lot of books to keep you occupied!
@@ellenmadebookclub Someone told me to plan to go to the basement. I don’t have a basement. 😬😳 I probably should have been working upstairs in my office/library all summer, but it’s just so overwhelming… I had it so beautiful a few years ago. And then I had a family member in crisis living in there for over two years, and I’ve never gotten it back in shape again….
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Oh no! 🙉 I wouldn’t know what to do. I hope it will be alright! I understand that. I wish I could pop by and help you sort it all out and make it all nice again. You’ll have to look at it as a good thing you did for someone, and take it a little at a time. I have some family things to deal with this weekend and I know how that can take over everything.
@@ellenmadebookclub exactly!! It’s a long story, but I’d love it if you could come over and help me! A lovely idea! I have pictures somewhere of how beautiful it looked after I got it all set up a few years ago before the “guest.” But it’s my own fault that I haven’t done anything in there lately. I just need to commit the time….
I have never been a poetry buff. I think Walter de la Mare (part of my exam list 50 years ago) wrecked my potential interest in poetry. In saying that I do love War Poetry by the likes of Owen, Brooke, McCrea and Brooke.
@@ba-gg6jo I am sorry that that happened to you 50 years ago. Sadly, many people turn off from poetry because of some unfortunate experience in school. I always tried to teach accessible poems to try to engage kids. I did try to organize poetry around themes, and war poetry was certainly one.
@@davidnovakreadspoetry and I hope you will join us, David. In my first video on this topic, which I redid, I listed you in a whole bunch of people who might want to join in on this. But then I decided against putting that kind of pressure on people, and I always fear leaving someone out too. But you, of all people, would have a wonderful contribution! 🥰
I love how your passion and joy shines through when you read poems. Don't know if I ever see myself being able to do a video like this
Thank you, Stuart. You are so kind. I appreciate your watching and commenting.
So pleased that you chose Yeats. My five apart from a few of those already mentioned would be John Clare, Samuel Tayler Coleridge, Edward Thomas, John Betjeman and Philip Larkin. I am somewhat intimidated by poetry but these are the poets whose work I return to and enjoy.
That's a wonderful list! I've really loved this little 5 poets challenge. Quite a few people have weighed in, which is lovely. Thanks for tuning in, Corinne.
I knew you would find a way to include poetry in your channel again! Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs has been sitting in my Kindle for too long. Congratulations on another wonderful video. ❤
@@heathersmusic8833 thank you, Heather! Oh, I’ll keep finding ways! Oliver’s Dog Songs are very sweet…all poems about the beloved dogs she has had throughout her life. 🥰🐕
Brilliant Pat. I love this little series. I saw Aaron’s video and enjoyed that too. Coincidentally I found a copy of AE Houseman’s work in the wilds of the charity shops this week and read it. It was beautiful. I credit you and Aaron for reigniting my interest in poetry. I’m going to find the poets you mention and give them a read 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff Thank you, Debs! Wonderful that you found AE Housman’s poetry! Isn’t Aaron a treasure?
I havent watched Aaron's video, yet, but he's turned me on to some great contemporary poets, most recently A. E. Stallings' book, _LIKE._ I personally love forms: villenelles, especially. Milton (a friend & I have been going to a monthly _Paradise Lost_ event), Shakespeare, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, Keats ... so many! 🖋 P.S., Im ignorant about Wordsworth ... I _know!_ 🤗
@@bighardbooks770 Allen, maybe you’ll join in on this? Joe, Josh, and Aaron all have phenomenal videos. You would have so much to add. I just wanted to come up with five different names, but my top five list would overlap in some ways with theirs.
Great video! I guessed three of your five (Frosr, Merwin, and Oliver). I thought you would say Whitman, but at least Mary Oliver did. I'm nearing 70, and I've been reading and writing poetry since age nine. I'm no genius, but I love poetry. A current fascination is with Seamus Heaney. Thanks Pat!
@@barbaraboethling596 thank you for this lovely comment. I actually almost included Seamus Heaney. I need to read more Whitman. 🥰
It's been wonderful watching this series of videos gain traction. The future of poetry appreciation is in good hands with these young people championing the genre and its practitioners. I'm so glad you've added your voice to the conversation! Your choices are exquisite.
@@patriciah8579 thank you, Patricia! This one was really a labor of love to put together. 🥰
Ooh! 🙋🏽♀️. I want in on this conversation 🫠🫶🏽
@@books_and_bocadillos I was hoping you would! ❤️
I'm so glad Ruben told me about your channel. Poetry lovers unite! I think I am going to like A.E. Stallings, I enjoy metric poetry.
@@TheLinguistsLibrary I’m going to explore A. E. Stallings too. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰
Thank you for sharing your poetry choices with us Pat. I have to admit that poetry as a genre has for the most part, remained unfamiliar territory for me, and I’m an English major. Your video has encouraged me to begin exploring it in earnest.
@@daubiebooks63 Thank you for this comment. As an English teacher, I worked hard to learn to make poetry more accessible to kids. It’s made me a life-long reader of poetry. 😊
Thank you so much, Pat. I look forward to Poetry Thursday!
@@constancecampbell4610 thank you, Constance, for supporting this little endeavor!🥰
I am a huge Mary Oliver fan! I love that you included her and the poems you chose! There are many poets in here that I haven't read yet so I'm adding them to my list! Great video :)
@@madelinelloyd4181 Thank you for watching and commenting. This video was a lot of fun to make. Yes, Mary Oliver is wonderful! 😊
Ah, this is so so wonderful, Pat! I love all of your choices. I remember considering Yeats as an option when I first made my video. When You Are Old is stunningly beautiful! Millay, Merwin, and Mary Oliver are all poets I need to explore further - so thank you for sharing their poetry! I enjoyed it a lot. Frost was also such a great pick. His poetry calls out to me, though I haven’t yet done a deep dive into his work. I love his poem The Oven Bird:
“…He says the early petal fall is past,
When pear and cherry bloom fell down in showers
On sunny days a moment over-cast…”
Apologies for the over-long comment! This is just so exciting to see. Thanks!
@@joshuacreboreads I love “The Oven Bird” too! This is just such a delightful chain of videos. 🥰
Pat, I loved this. Could listen to you all day. You must have been a wonderful educator. The Journey and The Mockingbird are two of Oliver's I have copied to my journal. I'm my 70's I stick mostly with Oliver but I got a copy of Leonard Cohen's lyrics that feels like poetry to me. When I was young girl I loved Poe and Dickinson, Sara Teasdale and Elinor Wylie. I've moved on since then but still get the most comfort from Oliver.
@@pennyg156 thank you for this lovely comment. You are so kind. And yes, I completely agree about the comfort in Mary Oliver’s verse. 🥰
Thanks for your spotlight. Very enjoyable.
@@apoetreadstowrite thank you! And maybe you’ll join in too with a list? 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668: yes, I should - though a 'favourite five' would be impossible. The poetic bliss.
@@apoetreadstowrite Exactly. Maybe a favorite 50? I, too, came up with five different poets from the ones that the gentlemen chose just to keep the dialogue going and expanding. I'd love to see whatever you'd like to contribute!🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668: thanks, Pat. I'll give it a good think.
@@apoetreadstowrite excellent!
Good day, Pat. Nice choices. I didn't like Wordsworth much when I read him at university. Same with Keats. Shelley and Byron, on the other hand, engaged me. I wrote a paper on Shelley's last major poem The Triumph of Life. Frederic Prokosch, a forgotten American writer, wrote a novel about Byron The Missolonghi Manuscript.Beautiful work. Milton's Paradise Lost, forever...the mind can make heaven out of hell, a hell out of heaven...Lucifer stole the show. Nice to hear Rilke. He used to be a young person's poet, now no one reads him. I think about him often because I have Wim Wender's film Wings of Desire within eyesight on a bookshelf in front of me. Rilke's Duino Elegies was one of several inspirations for that enchanting film.
@@LibroParadiso-ep4zt nice to hear from you. I have really enjoyed this chain of videos, and I’m thrilled that these young men, all of whom read a great deal of poetry, have started this dialogue.
Good Morning Pat. When I was younger I was more into poetry than I have been of late. I have had my interest piqued recently watching booktubers like yourself highlight some of the great poets. A poet I was introduced to in my 20's many years ago Merritt Malloy is a favorite although not as well known as the ones you selected. I enjoy Rumi, a current poet Rudy Francisco, I also love the poetry of Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes. I bought a few books of poetry over the past year or two for a challenge that said Ray Bradbury recommended one should try "to read one short story, one essay, and one poem every night". I did not do very well but now that I have the time I may try this again! (yes I am a chatty commenter) 😁😉😊🤫
@@marciajohansson769 thank you for this lovely comment! I do like that Ray Bradbury challenge! I probably couldn’t keep up with it either, but I like the idea in theory.
Thank you for the poet suggestions. I do like many that you’ve mentioned, but Merritt Malloy is a new name to me.
This was just a fun little challenge I jumped into after watching the videos of the three gentlemen, and it may catch on a bit.
Thanks again for commenting so thoughtfully! 🥰
Enjoyed this so much. Frost would definitely be on my list, too.
@@PoiemaLee Thank you! I should do a whole episode on Frost. 🥰
Fantastic! Really enjoyable ❤
Thank you! ❤️
Excellent video, Pat! Enjoyed it very much.
@@BeyondBooks-wt5il thank you, Reney! Just trying to find ways to keep the poetry coming. 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Well, you've got me reading it! LOL!
That makes me very happy! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Me, too!
Pat, what an insightful thread. As a neophyte to poetry (can you believe it!) I am slowly warming up to it and recently discovered Iranian icon Forough Farrokhzad who is still to this day recognized as the symbol of feminism in her country.
@@Uncommon_Reader wow! So interesting. Thank you for following our little thread here. Lots of great stuff in all of these now 20 poets.
You read with such understanding, delight and clarity. Fantastic. And what a great collection of poetry books you have, no wonder you've been contributing so much read poetry to Booktube. I would like to make a video keeping this strand going - have begun to mentally make my list...
@@heathergregg9975 oh Heather, I would love it if you’d jump in too! My top five really would include several that the gentlemen already picked, so I just picked five more to keep it going. It was a lot of fun!
@@BookChatWithPat8668 I responded with my gut, but I'm just not sure if I can find the time now, as I'm one of the co-hosts prepping for "Framed! in September" - but it's a very exciting topic. You know that heart jump when something appears on Booktube and you want to join in.... Then you realise the prep and research involved. Just thinking about which 5 to include would be an exciting project.
@@heathergregg9975 yes, absolutely! It happens to me all the time. No pressure from me-ever! 😊
@@BookChatWithPat8668 No pressure from anyone but myself:-) and the weather... now I look up and see the light is excellent for filming.
@@heathergregg9975 oh no!! Weather pressure!! I live on the east coast of the U.S., and we are under a tornado warning this am, which is very unusual for these parts!
Thank you Pat. I don't know anything about poets or poetry.
@@TimeTravelReads you can just pop in anywhere and see what resonates with you. You don’t need to know anything about poetry to start. Just see what you like. I’m loving that this little response video thread has somewhat taken off. 🥰
Oh my! How wonderful! Thank you.
A few months ago , I gained some insight about Percy Shelley by reading a new biography of Mary Shelley called Mary's Monster by Lita Judge. It adds to my confusion about separating an author from his/her work. Maybe it is better to not know the intimate details about their personal lives as it colors the perception of the beautiful art they create.
@@bjminton2698 thank you! Yes, I find the lives of most writers very interesting. And the Shelleys-wow! I’m very interested in them as people and as a couple. The Romantics were a fascinating lot!
This has got me thinking. And yiu are winning me over to Mary Oliver.
@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 I hope you’ll join in Ros. My top five would definitely overlap with the gentlemen’s lists. I was just trying not to repeat. Mary Oliver gets a bad wrap in academia over here, but truthfully, she has made poetry readers out of millions of people. I think critics have underestimated her. She has always spoken to me, I guess.
For a second there I thought you weren't going to say Mary Oliver! 😂 This was great.
@@Nina_DP just held her off til the very end. I do love her, and she comes from the same line of poets as many of the traditional ones that I adore. I’m working hard to find meaningful ways to keep the poetry coming-and thank you for continuing to watch. 🥰
Rilke is fantastic. I prefer German classics, like Goethe and Schiller, but I actually lack knowledge about contemporary poetry, except we count Ginsberg and Bukowsky as contemporary. I can learn so much here! Thanks
@@reniasva I’d like to do another video just on very contemporary poets…Just to keep the conversation going.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 That would be helpful.
Hi Pat! I had this on in the background as I was rearranging my bookshelves. As ones does on a Friday night 😂
As you know I’m not a big poetry reader, but I’m trying to keep an open mind. The Mary Oliver ones are probably the ones I like best so far. It was really cozy to have this video on in the background, like a literary fireplace, although I did get a little bit of existential panic from those last few lines! 😅
Good way of keeping up with the poetry, for your intended audience.
I wish you a lovely weekend 😊
Thank you, Ellen. Mary Oliver is definitely a poet that even non-poetry lovers can appreciate. I always try to pick accessible poems.
How is your bookshelf rearranging going? I need to do that too upstairs, but I need to give away a few hundred more books before I can really do anything substantial. It's totally out of control up there.
We are currently under a tornado watch. The local police just notified us that it's been extended until 11:00 tonight (It's 4:30 here now), so that. is pretty scary. We don't usually have that kind of weather here on the east coast. So I'm staying put for now. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 You do a great job of picking accessible poems 😊 There is such a variety in themes and rythm and imagery, so I don't expect to like them all, but it always feels like elevating your brain a little to listen to it.
I counted my books the other day and I'm still under 100 unread, which I think is fine ^^ So I was just stacking them a bit differently to fit them all on the shelf, instead of in piles on the floor... It's not the prettiest setup, but it will do for now. I can't wait to see your stash! I mean library 😉
That does sound scary! Stay safe and I hope it's a false alarm. At least you have a lot of books to keep you occupied!
@@ellenmadebookclub Someone told me to plan to go to the basement. I don’t have a basement. 😬😳
I probably should have been working upstairs in my office/library all summer, but it’s just so overwhelming…
I had it so beautiful a few years ago. And then I had a family member in crisis living in there for over two years, and I’ve never gotten it back in shape again….
@@BookChatWithPat8668 Oh no! 🙉 I wouldn’t know what to do. I hope it will be alright!
I understand that. I wish I could pop by and help you sort it all out and make it all nice again. You’ll have to look at it as a good thing you did for someone, and take it a little at a time.
I have some family things to deal with this weekend and I know how that can take over everything.
@@ellenmadebookclub exactly!! It’s a long story, but I’d love it if you could come over and help me! A lovely idea! I have pictures somewhere of how beautiful it looked after I got it all set up a few years ago before the “guest.” But it’s my own fault that I haven’t done anything in there lately. I just need to commit the time….
I have never been a poetry buff. I think Walter de la Mare (part of my exam list 50 years ago) wrecked my potential interest in poetry. In saying that I do love War Poetry by the likes of Owen, Brooke, McCrea and Brooke.
@@ba-gg6jo I am sorry that that happened to you 50 years ago. Sadly, many people turn off from poetry because of some unfortunate experience in school. I always tried to teach accessible poems to try to engage kids. I did try to organize poetry around themes, and war poetry was certainly one.
Too many old Brits on those other lists! Give me Dickinson, Frost, Longfellow, Poe, and Whitman. And add Carl Sandburg as a bonus.
@@CorinneHSmith wonderful list! Love your choices!
I have no argument with any of this. 🤔
@@davidnovakreadspoetry and I hope you will join us, David. In my first video on this topic, which I redid, I listed you in a whole bunch of people who might want to join in on this. But then I decided against putting that kind of pressure on people, and I always fear leaving someone out too. But you, of all people, would have a wonderful contribution! 🥰
@@BookChatWithPat8668 It did not take a lot of arm twisting, Pat. Mine will be up within the hour. 😂
@@davidnovakreadspoetry oh hooray!!!