the best poet of all times?

who according to you deserve to take first place of best poets of all times?


Please state your reasons why.

I think there would be many. Some of my favorites would be considered song lyricists. Others are not. Also, other people might not agree with my choices and so those that I think are great need not be the ones others find worth reading or hearing again. The reason why they would be great (for me) is because I would choose to hear or read the poem multiple times.

For me there are many too.
Shakespeare, Lorca, Fernando Pessoa,Goethe, Celan, Whitman,Huidobro, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, João Cabral de Melo Neto,and,and...
and the flow of the prose of Guimarães Rosa.
I like poets who write beautifully about universal themes. I don´t care very much about love poems.

It's tough to say, because that means making comparisons between poets massively separated in time and space, and consequently with very different styles and intentions. Not to mention the fact that a great number of my favourite poems are by anonymous poets, which sometimes makes establishing a 'canonical' poet quite difficult.

Still, if I was pressed and forced to give one specific name, I would probably say Chaucer.

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Originally Posted by cacian

who according to you deserve to take first place of best poets of all times?


Please state your reasons why.

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This time cacian, you go too far.:wink5: (Although actually, that's why I like your posts)

Jerrybaldy in nostalgic mood is pretty good.

Obviously Cacian. :)

I vote for the anonymous author of, "Finders keepers, losers weepers."

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Originally Posted by Pompey Bum

Obviously Cacian. :)

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LOL
I meant published studied poets outside this forum haha :

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Originally Posted by Ecurb

I vote for the anonymous author of, "Finders keepers, losers weepers."

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anonymous?

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Originally Posted by Lokasenna

It's tough to say, because that means making comparisons between poets massively separated in time and space, and consequently with very different styles and intentions. Not to mention the fact that a great number of my favourite poems are by anonymous poets, which sometimes makes establishing a 'canonical' poet quite difficult.

Still, if I was pressed and forced to give one specific name, I would probably say Chaucer.

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Chaucer
do you have a favourite poem of him?

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Originally Posted by Danik 2016

For me there are many too.
Shakespeare, Lorca, Fernando Pessoa,Goethe, Celan, Whitman,Huidobro, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, João Cabral de Melo Neto,and,and...
and the flow of the prose of Guimarães Rosa.
I like poets who write beautifully about universal themes. I don´t care very much about love poems.

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can a poet move on to be a better writer for it do you think?
in other words be a poet and then a writer.

accidentally, Cacian, a poet is a writer of poetry.

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Originally Posted by JCamilo

accidentally, Cacian, a poet is a writer of poetry.

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sure but poetry is prose
a novel is not.

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Originally Posted by cacian

LOL
I meant published studied poets outside this forum haha :

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I've made my choice.

cacian
speaks better french than
a hatian
but longing brings no elation
unless
a dacian
from the romanian nation
achieves translation
of the conflagration
in combination
with a thracian
at the workstation
of love

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Originally Posted by cacian

can a poet move on to be a better writer for it do you think?
in other words be a poet and then a writer.

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If you mean writing prose, Cacian, yes there are many writers like Goethe, for example, who write poetry, prose, essays and plays as well. And he was good in all genres.
Others stick just to poetry or prose.