Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s most well-known poem
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Yeats’ great poem is about his personal mythology but the first stanza fits our times
A fine poem by Virginia poet Kelly Cherry who died far too soon
A lesser known poem by Poe
Jane Hirshfield is one of my favorite contemporary poets
Shelley’s poem reveals the fate of all kings and dictators
An appropriate poem for Spring by Wordsworth
Galway Kinnell one of the outstanding poets of the second half of the 20th Century
Doris Roe, my senior year high school English teacher, had me memorize and recite this poem. It remains a favorite Shakespeare Sonnet.
Goethe on critics
