O pen -- April 25

What makes a favorite poem a favorite poem?
The sample of poems below give some clues:
the fun of saying; the fun of playing; the fun of image;
the drama of telling a story; the way one can look at an ordinary object like grass and turn it into something larger from so many angles!


Poems to read/learn by heart to perform. From Poets.org
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/86

1. Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
2. Hommage to my hips by Lucille Clifton
3. "Out, Out—" by Robert Frost
4. The Day Lady Died by Frank O'Hara
5. Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Not on the list but just as good:
6. A child said, What is the grass? by Walt Whitman