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Poetry Appreciation

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JessM Tue 04-Dec-12 18:13:49

Lots of poets on GN which is nice but not much talk about poetry.
This is a suggestion - that someone suggests an interesting poem every few weeks and we have a discussion about what we like about it or don't like about it. I am going to be seasonal and suggest TS Elliot's The Coming of the Magi. Anyone want to play?

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JessM Mon 10-Dec-12 18:20:23

Kind of a low key, remote, flurry though isn't it. the first verse. And then a sort of sigh into the second. He has you sitting there looking at it, doesnt he. As you say, in such a few words. less is more and all that.

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CHEELU Thu 13-Dec-12 17:06:01

I have had a couple of poems published and have been writing poems since I was little so I would def be interested...

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JessM Thu 13-Dec-12 17:34:22

Anyone else got comments on Ludaig? I think it is short and evocative. Almost Japanese.
If not, Hunt has made a suggestion. Shall we get that one off the shelf and have a go?

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Mishap Thu 13-Dec-12 18:24:20

Happy to do that. Any chgance Hunt that you could reproduce the poem here for us please?

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Greatnan Thu 13-Dec-12 20:15:49

How about a separate thread for each poem so people could go on commenting on each one for as long as they liked, without causing confusion.
I will be nominating a difficult poet - Gerard Manley Hopkins - for the wonderful use of language. My favourite is Inversnaid because it reminds me of the peaty streams on the Yorkshire Moors. This is one of his less obscure poems. I had not met his work until I studied it as part of my Eng. Lit degree course.

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Jodi Fri 14-Dec-12 01:01:19

Perhaps GNHQ might look favourably on a poetry forum?

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