/lit/ - Literature

>>22978576
As lame as this advice may sound, just read some and see what you like. To begin with, don't get caught up trying to decipher something that doesn't immediately speak to you, you'll just end up feeling retarded and frustrated. Start off with something easy like Poe, his stuff is fun and pretty grounded, non pretentious. Personally I'm a sucker for Keats, you could read his 5 Ode's in the time it would take you to jerk off.

Mary Oliver’s Handbook and a collection of great poems in your language. Harold Bloom’s book is fine but ignore his commentary and just read the poems. Don’t bother with Mary Oliver’s poetry. She’s a great poetry teacher but a mediocre poet.

>>22978576
grab an anthology

>>22978738
I really disliked Western Wind and Rhyme’s Reason. I could see the former being useful in an undergraduate course where readings are curated by a careful lecturer, but it is too dense and disparate on its own. The latter just sucked. I don’t think it was helpful at all. Mary Oliver’s book is probably the single most accessible book on poetry on the market.

>>22978766
>a woman or a jew, choose goyim cattle

>>22978576
read in your native language
if you're anglo it's already over for you

>>22978925
What?

>>22979075
Dumb newfag

>>22978576
roll

>>22978766
Who would you say are great poets? What makes poetry “good”?

>>22978770

>>22979113
They're on this list

>>22979123
>no women
/lit/ was based in 2022?

>>22979123
>>22979130
out of the two siblings Christina is the best Rossetti (if we strictly stick to writing and dont count Dante's paintings)

>>22978576
Rollerino

>>22979165
Poemfag even forced christina meme she's in the image >>22978576 and still she got 0 votes lmao you lost

>>22978925
>>22979075
he may or may not be a newfag, but you're nevertheless retarded

No one itt posting real poetry