poems for April 7

Poems for April 7
I'll be away for moderating this one too...

Favorites posted by Poetry +
Spellbound by Emily Bronte
Love is Enough by William Morris (Elaine's pick)
The Gift by Li-Young Lee (an old favorite)
Mother Goose Self-Help by K. A. Hays
Sky Burial by Ron Koertge (suggestion from Don to discuss prose vs. poetry)
III from Tristan by Edna St. Vincent Millay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYORkpArYxc
Enjoy all the links to the poets on the sidebars as well!

From the clip "First poem/poet you fell in love with": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJgiW_JmeU

Spellbound by Emily Bronte – but Ed Hirsch thought it was by his grandfather.
Mother goose...
Dylan Thomas
The Highway Man, by Alfred Noyes: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171940
Gertrude Stein, a Rose is a rose...
Asbery: Flowchart http://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2239/ifrom-i-flow-chart-john-ashbery

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My first poem was probably John Masefield’s “Sea Fever” http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/242552
or Walter de la Mare, ‘Some One ‘ http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-one/

The rhythms and sounds captivated me.