Your fav poem!

[Sarka]

It's National Poetry day on Thursday (waits for cheer)!

Our school loves it for some strange reason and I must learn a poem, so I htough instead of looking through a poetry book I'd ask you guys what's your fav poem?! so I can learn it!

Thanks! ;)

[Monopolyman]

Hitcher, by Simon Armitage

[tendosgirlfriend]

hmm we had to do something similar for our second lesson of english literature when i started college. I brought the Raven by poe just because i thought it was so terribly unorignal. My favorite poem however is probably the tell tale heart by poe, except its more of a short story than a poem.

[Johelian]

hmm we had to do something similar for our second lesson of english literature when i started college. I brought the Raven by poe just because i thought it was so terribly unorignal. My favorite poem however is probably the tell tale heart by poe, except its more of a short story than a poem.

My favourite poem is The Raven. :P

Probably a bit long for you to learn by Thursday though.
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[Blackfox]

Limericks are awesome. And only 5 lines. Winner.

[Sarka]

That sounds good BlackFox... hmmm, I love limericks!

[Supergrunch]

If you want one that's easy to learn (and good) you could try "the Sick Rose" by William Blake.

Oh Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

And that's it. (No longer a copyright, as Blake has been dead for well over 50 years)

[Sarka]

Thanks Supergrunch, I'll go with that. Seems easy enough!

[Twozzok]

i think the Raven for me :)

(not that i've actually read a lot of poems) ¬_¬

[kyletherobot]

the raven rules, i love that halloween simpsons where bart is the raven and spock from star trek is the narrator... well now ive just lowered the tone, lets see if someone can bring it back up :)

[Alterego]

lol yeah that raven is a cool dude! mann! he has my vote!

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[Athriller]

Joining the humping of the Raven band wagon. I know all the verses off by heart. I'm such a goon.

[Kurtle Squad]

Bah!!! I'm sure i used to know some dirty ones!! :sad:

[Schizoid Man]

I really like this poem, by Simon Armitage. Plenty to analyse, and any poetry that makes the hairs on the back of my neck rise is a winner in my books...

I Say I Say I Say


Anyone here had a go at themselves
for a laugh? Anyone opened their wrists
with a blade in the bath? Those in the dark
at the back, listen hard. Those at the front
in the know, those of us who have, hands up,
let's show that inch of lacerated skin
between the forearm and the fist. Let's tell it
like it is: strong drink, a crimson tidemark
round the tub, a yard of lint, white towels
washed a dozen times, still pink. Tough luck.
A passion then for watches, bangles, cuffs.
A likely story: you were lashed by brambles
picking berries from the woods. Come clean, come good,
repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood'
when those at the back rush forward to say
how a little love goes a long long long way.

Simon Armitage


nice.

[Raining_again]

wow thats really gud!

[rizz]

This is someones original work they posted on some poetry forum or something, I didn't take their name, but I rather liked their poem:

A Side of a Star

As the shadows of the winds fly by
I see a star in the evening sky
It looks so happy, so full of glee
But if you turn it over what would you see?
For all you know beond the light
Is a phase of a winters night
Full of darkness and of tears
Of times and fears from many years
Their could be valleys full of pain
That have been left by winters game's
For all you know behind a veil
Is nothing more than a wizards tale
So if you see a star in the sky
Look very closely on both sides
then one day you might see
how a person's true self could be.

[Haden]

If by Mr Kipling is my favourite.

[Charlie]

Glasgow 5 March 1971 - Can't remember who wrote it!
I wrote the most awesome essay on this in 45 mins for my english exam last year. Top notch. It got 72% (an A) ;D