Hey guys, welcome to a more blog-style post today. A poem will likely be up some time next week-it’s currently in the revision stage, and I’m pretty happy with the overall emotional expression. Without further ado, let’s begin.

As writers, we hear it all the time: read more and you will write better. The same applies to really any activity. Personally, I have always been a doer rather than consumer in my activities, whether it’s music, writing, sports. So although I enjoy reading poems from time to time (usually from my book of collective poems), I don’t have an extensive knowledge of poets. Therefore, this semester, I’m planning to focus on consumption of poetry. Don’t worry though– you guys will be enjoying a lot of poems from me– at least one a week because luckily, I’m in a creative writing class on poetry, in which we’re assigned to write poems with a certain theme. Really enjoying the class right now, and hoping that my technique and knowledge of poetry will improve 🙂

So throughout these next months, get excited for updates on poets that I’ve been enjoying!

As a treat for those of you who also want to become more well-read in poetry, here is a list of some renowned, top poets of all time. I added a famous quote from each to make the list more entertaining.  The list won’t include contemporary poets- will likely make a separate post on that.

Also, please leave in the comments section, some of your favorite poets. What about their writing do you like? I would love some recommendations 🙂

Edgar Allen Poe, “I have great faith in fools — self-confidence my friends call it.”

Maya Angelou “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Emily Dickinson “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul — and sings the tunes without the words — and never stops at all.”

Robert Frost “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.”

Pablo Neruda “To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.”

E.E. Cummings “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

Langston Hughes “Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

Walt Whitman “Either define the moment or the moment will define you.”

John Keats “A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”

Oscar Wilde “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”

T.S. Eliot “Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.”

Love y’all ❤