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I've got to ask because I am taking a writing class now and it revolves around writing and interpreting poems. So what is your favorite poem? If for some of you that is too difficult of a question, think of your favorite poet and then your favorite poem by them. For me I'm a bit of a poem novice, but so far my favorite is by Robert Frost and its called nothing gold can stay.
Nothing Gold Can Stay - Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Ozymandias, by Percy Bysse Shelley. So relevant and timeless. I won't overanalyze it. Just read it.
Also, Rime of the Ancient Mariner "Water, water, everywhere / not a drop to drink."
Back in the 50's I had a record album called "Jazz Canto", which was some poems read by well-known people, set to jazz accompaniment. My favorite among them was "Tract", by William Carlos Williams, read by Hoagy Carmichael.
I'd have to say "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is my favorite overall. There are some nice ones by Yeats. The lyrics to some Gilbert and Sullivan numbers are lovely poetry. Gilbert's "Yarn of the Nancy Bell" is such a delight to read to children. http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/gilbert/yarn.html
I don't have a single favorite poem, or favorite poet (I love so many!) but I love humorous poetry, and in that category no one tickles me more than Ogden Nash's little ditties. He's got a million of them!
The Eel
I don't mind eels
Except as meals.
Celery
Celery raw,
Develops the jaw,
But celery, stewed,
Is more quietly chewed.
The Termite
Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good.
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
Reflections on Ice Breaking
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
is quicker.
The Canary
The song of canaries
Never varies,
And when they're moulting,
They're pretty revolting.
The Cow
The cow is of the bovine ilk,
One end is moo, the other milk.
The Fairy Temple; or, Oberon's Chapel~Robert Herrick
Another one...
A way enhanced with glass and beads
There is, that to the Chapel leads;
Whose structure, for his holy rest,
Is here the Halcyon's curious nest;
Into the which who looks, shall see
His Temple of Idolatry;...
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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening~Robert Frost
