Your favorite poem and why

[untadam]

Nice one Blarg!

[Dan87]

And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
Not shaking the grass.

-EP

I know I already posted, but I'm posting this as well to contrast with Eliot. The third line is this poem is so simple but is the greatest imagery I've ever read. Comparatively Prufrock has long, complex images to complement the poem's tone. Both are effective but I think Pound's simplicity is his greatest asset. He can say in 4 lines what it takes some poets an anthology of work to convey.

[KilgoreTrout]

The Silverstein post reminded me of my mantra in high school:

Listen to the Mustn'ts, child, listen to the Don'ts
Listen to the Shouldn'ts, the Impossibles, the Won'ts.
Listen to the Never Haves, then listen close to me.
Anything can happen, child, Anything can be.

[Max Raker]

Listen to the street beat
Hear the sound pound
Plug yo'r ears
Mask yo'r fears
Something weirds going down

Listen to the street beat
Listen to the box shock
Listen... or I'll kill ya!

-
Raphael De La Ghetto