Modern Poems

[Aston]

Does anyone have some modern poems about...well whatever its about but make sure its modern ^^
Thanks
Aston

[JBI]

Modern as in contemporary or modern as in Modernist

[Aston]

Contemporary

[Dark Muse]

Well if you are intresting in contempary, here are a list of Poets you may want to look into:

Syliva Plath

Elizabeth Bishop

Robert Lowell

Philip Larkin

Allen Ginsberg (though I don't like him, he is a big name in contempary poetry)

Fank O'Hara

Gwendolyn Brooks

Of course there are many more, those are just a few you could check out for contempary poetry.

[Aston]

Thanks

[Kafka's Crow]

FROM: Meditation on the A30

A man on his own in a car
Is revenging himself on his wife;
He open the throttle and bubbles with dottle
and puffs at his pitiful life

She's losing her looks very fast,
she loses her temper all day;
that lorry won't let me get past,
this Mini is blocking my way.

....

John Betjeman

Full text here: http://www.sanjeev.net/poetry/betjeman-john/meditation-on-the-a30-182195.html
This is my favorite modern poem. Maybe because I use this road daily on my way to and from work.

BBC's 'Poetry Please' is a good selection of mostly modern poems, that's where I found the above poem. You can hear recent programs here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/poetryplease.shtml

[Aston]

Wow I like that poem!

[Kafka's Crow]

Wow I like that poem!

You will like this one as well (listen to the audio reading on this site):

Brendon Gallacher by Jackie Kay http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=5683

I am more into academic 'big' modernist poems but the BBC program mentioned above keeps me in touch with more contemporary and lesser known poetry.

[livelaughlove]

You could also check out Pablo Neruda and Maya Angelou.

[Aston]

Okay thanks

[stlukesguild]

Actually, Pablo Neruda (although great) is not contemporary (he died 35 years ago) but "Modernist". Maya Anjelou on the other hand... well the less said (and read) the better. If you want contemporary check into John Ashberry, Geoffrey Hill, Anne Carson, Charles Simic, W.S. Merwin, Yves Bonnefoy, Seamus Heaney, Wislawa Szymborska, Adam Zagajewski, Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, Richard Howard... all among the best contemporary poets.

[JBI]

Actually, Pablo Neruda (although great) is not contemporary (he died 35 years ago) but "Modernist". Maya Anjelou on the other hand... well the less said (and read) the better. If you want contemporary check into John Ashberry, Geoffrey Hill, Anne Carson, Charles Simic, W.S. Merwin, Yves Bonnefoy, Seamus Heaney, Wislawa Szymborska, Adam Zagajewski, Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, Richard Howard... all among the best contemporary poets.
What he said

if you are looking to buy work, you may consider the Norton Anthology of Contemporary Poetry.

[roshanspw]

Can any one send me a appreciation of the Poem Of "nthem For doomed Youth"by "Andrew Motion":flare: :