Which poets would you like to write a tribute poem for?

41.67% • 5 votes • Maya Angelo
25.00% • 3 votes • Pablo Neruda
16.67% • 2 votes • TS Eliot
8.33% • 1 vote • Denise Levertov
8.33% • 1 vote • Adrienne Rich
0% • 0 votes • EE Cummings
0% • 0 votes • George Gordon Byron
0% • 0 votes • Percy Bysshe Shelley
0% • 0 votes • Marianne Moore
0% • 0 votes • Christina Rossetti
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Which poets would you like to write a tribute poem for?

Posted: 29th December 2018 00:46am
Edited: 29th December 2018 00:48am
JohnnyBlaze
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Ahavati and I are conducting this poll for feedback as to which poets you would like to learn about and write tributes for in our ongoing Classic Corner competition series. We hold two competitions per month and would prefer to they are dedicated to a male and female poet.  

You may skip voting and instead recommend in a post one poet not listed in the poll.

Each competition, given enough entries, will encourage the Webmiss to create a theme for a poet.

Here is a list of poets we have already held challenges about and earned themes for, so keep in mind there is no point in recommending them:

#ArthurRimbaud
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10368/

#JelaluddinRumi
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10417/

#RainerMariaRilke
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10367/

#ElizabethBishop
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10456/

#RobertFrost
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10474/

#EmilyDickinson
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10494/

#DrSeuss
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/10520/

And here is a list of themes that already exist, thus no need to recommend these particular poets.

#CharlesBukowski

#EdgarAllanPoe

#ErnestHemmingway

#HenryDavidThoreau

#OscarWilde

#SylviaPlath

#WilliamShakespeare

Thank you for your input.

Posted: 29th December 2018 7:22am
Edited: 29th December 2018 7:24am - edited 2 times
Jade-Pandora
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I’m so glad for this forum/vote/recommend opportunity!

My one recommendation of a poet not listed is:

Federico Garcia Lorca


Thanks to you & Ahavati.

~Jade✍🏻

Posted: 29th December 2018 3:22pm
Ahavati
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Lorca is noted.  Thanks, Jade.

Posted: 29th December 2018 6:29pm
snugglebuck
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Though I only like a few of his works I'd encourage you to consider Ralp Waldo Emerson.  Many consider him to be the first anti-war, and anti-establishment poet.

Today's world could use a dose of Ralph's rebellious intellectual spirit.

Posted: 29th December 2018 6:46pm
Ahavati
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Duly noted, snugglebuck.
Thank you.  We'll put him and Lorca on next month's poll.

I actually enjoy his work.

Posted: 29th December 2018 10:34pm
Edited: 29th December 2018 10:34pm
Heaven_sent_Kathy
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Hello All...

Before I log off I didn't want to miss adding a recommend, which is for Anne Sexton.

Thank you. I look forward to the authors competitions in January.

Posted: 29th December 2018 10:37pm
Ahavati
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Noted, Kathy.  She'll be on the next.  Thank you for supporting the series.  Greatly appreciated.

Posted: 30th December 2018 7:19am
PoetsRevenge
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I really like Robert Penn Warren, he wrote a famous poem called 'True Love' , also Robert Lowell is another suggestion and William Carlos Williams, I'll see if I can think of some more..

I'm going to read up on some of the poets in the poll before answering it, there's a couple I hadn't heard of..

Posted: 30th December 2018 2:21pm
Ahavati
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Thank you, PoetsRevenge.  We've added them to our list.  We appreciate your support.

Posted: 3rd January 2019 1:35am
Ahavati
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Unless any additional votes come in, it appears Angelo and Neruda will grace February's Classic Corner comps.  🏆

List your favorite poems and we'll include them in the list to pull from during the comp.  📝

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