so...which poetry book should i buy first?

kleptomanic sheep · #1 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 06:53 PM

i think it's time i took a break from the writing, and actually read some poems that made it to print.
hehe
just because i write doesn't mean i can write well, Jay. =]

Dee · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 06:53 PM

POE! or go to poetry.com and check it out they have beginner poetry that is rather good! But Poe is the best!

hcs_nola · #3 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 06:54 PM

i just got Harold Bloom's "The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost"...its a really good inexpensive poetry book. although, if you want to spend the big bucks, you can get Norton's Anthology of poetry...blooms is roughly $25 v. Norton's $55

Russell G · #4 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 06:54 PM

"The Pleasures of the Damned" by Charles Bukowski, it'll cost you but it's worth it.

Failing that, anything published by faber and faber's a good bet if you're looking for something timeless.

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