name association game

HS: 6000 works ! Saved his poem for use in a future lesson at church.

Sophie Mereau... http://sophie.byu.edu/node/3265

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oeqzEedDp0

HS-Yes, some Germans of past centuries have an astonishing production. Glad you liked the poem. He probably was one of the first protestant hymn writers.
SM- Ahead of her time, difficult and short life! Even her poem shows the feeling of imprisonment by conventions. A whole family of poets:Clemens Brentano, Sophie and Clemens´sister Bettina.

Matthew Arnold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Arnold

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/immortality/#content

MA: Both genius and derivative depending on the critic. "Immortality", a Petrarchan sonnet/nice turn at L9: an interesting read. L14's "and that hardly" seems a bit stilted to me.

Ana Castillo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Castillo

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quote...possible-poems

AC-Beautiful poem about the grey zones of love!
Found another one:http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS...nlinepoems.htm

Cesar Vallejo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Vallejo

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/under-the-poplars/

AC: A very strong poem. CV: A full life crammed in 46 years. Beautiful language.

Vicente Aleixandre... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Aleixandre

http://www.vianegativa.us/tag/vicente-aleixandre/

VA: Uau! A Spanish surrealist! Impressive poem, Latin sensuousness!

Antonin Artaud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Artaud

https://allpoetry.com/Antonin-Artaud

AA: His theatre a bit too over the top for my taste; such suffering transferred to his art. I liked "Jardin Noir" very much; "The Nerve Meter" a bit more in tune with his ethos.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annett...roste-Hülshoff

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-night-10/ ... https://www.poemhunter.com/annette-v...ulshoff/poems/

AA-Yes he is a very sombre, tortured character. I hesitated if I should include him. But he is one of the great references of surrealism

AvDH-I visited the castle near Münster where she was born.She is one of the very few German women writer you find in the antologies before the 20C. I intend to read her famous novel still


Henry Carey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Carey_(writer)

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/namby-pamby/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb8UKNbTHxU

HC: I enjoyed the song and lyrics http://211.116.138.23/tulip/dl_image...0028293_01.PDF over the poem. He seems very irreverent in the style of Mozart as depicted in the movie "Amadeus" where Mozart wrote for the common people.

Clarence Major... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Major

Poetry: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/50191

Art: http://www.clarencemajor.com/html/ptg_landscape.html

HC-Thanks for the lyrics, Tailor. As you probably imagined I liked the song, but just picked up one or another word.
CM-Very interesting, an multiartist. His colourful pictures remaind me a bit of Tarsila do Amaral:https://www.wikiart.org/en/tarsila-do-amaral
I am always astonished about how many awards US artists get.



Maya Angelou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/caged-bird-21/

TdA: Yes I see it; the color is striking. MA: Ah, Maya... one of my favorite poems by her.

Alice Fulton... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Fulton

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/55540

AF- This description fits her poem I think:"the dance of the intellect among words".

Francis of Assisi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeHzzH5zXSI

FoA: I read in the wiki about the song "All Creatures of Our God and King" which is in my faith's hymnal #62, one of my favorites; a hymn paraphrase of Francis' "Canticle of the Sun". I was quite in the dark re: Francis - I hadn't realized his literary value. Cute rendition of Francis' prayer.

Allen Tate... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Tate

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/54016

FoA-I´m glad to know that he is appreciated outside Catholicism.
AT-Eventfull life, but very sad poem. I hope your wife is better and that you spend the day together.

Théophile Gautier
ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théophile_Gautier

http://www.thegreatcat.org/cats-19th...phile-gautier/

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetr

Wife recuperating little by little... had our first date night in ages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4y_h9xbyDE . TG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théophile_Gautier ; quite influential... could not resolve your poetryfoundation link (404 error), but I enjoyed this poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/55260

Gérard de Nerval... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gérard_de_Nerval

http://www.lieder.net/lieder/assembl...ongCycleId=494