tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post1353498585466703891..comments2023-09-24T05:29:35.931-05:00Comments on Zella Kate: My Favorite Poetszellakatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13466934007546605691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post-74016114755250192422009-12-11T15:58:19.824-06:002009-12-11T15:58:19.824-06:00Haha Yes, I *adore* Poe...and Post-It notes! :D
T...Haha Yes, I *adore* Poe...and Post-It notes! :D<br /><br />Thanks for telling me about Slessor. I'll try to find some of his work and read it. :)zellakatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466934007546605691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post-57447153471002393732009-12-11T15:50:14.727-06:002009-12-11T15:50:14.727-06:00"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondere..."Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary..." My friend drew it on a post-it note for me years ago when I had a post-it note obsession. It has been on my wall and I have loved Poe since.<br /><br />Slessor is an Australian poet, which is why we had to read him. While I originally despised his works, I actually kind of like them now.<br />He writes about time, death and memory and often about war (because he was a war correspondent) and a lot of his works (five bells and Out of Time, in particular) are about his friends death (he drowned in Sydney harbour).<br />Slessors works can be pretty depressing but he is not the worlds most depressing poet.Penguins Quackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04960998976921708766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post-17427670521856565862009-12-11T15:11:59.726-06:002009-12-11T15:11:59.726-06:00The Chairman, I've never read any of Slessor&#...The Chairman, I've never read any of Slessor's work. Is he more depressing than Poe and Plath? I like their brand of depressing, but only because their work is so well-written. <br /><br />Scott, the more I hear about your mom, the more I like her. :D I will try to work a Pratchett or two in. I was going to blog about Unseen Academicals, but I didn't get around to it.zellakatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466934007546605691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post-55201464119579407652009-12-11T11:25:15.347-06:002009-12-11T11:25:15.347-06:00Oh about half of these were some of my favorites t...Oh about half of these were some of my favorites too! Browning is one of my mom's favorites; she has "How Do I Love Thee" painted across the walls of her room, from one side to the other.<br />I love Poe, Dickinson, and ESPECIALLY Frost! Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening and The Road Not Traveled are two all-time favorites. :D<br /><br />Yay for posting three times a week! I hope a few of these will be Pratchetts. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797692592906360192.post-32401580963355847862009-12-11T03:07:32.199-06:002009-12-11T03:07:32.199-06:00Poet I don't like: Kenneth Slessor. Probably b...Poet I don't like: Kenneth Slessor. Probably because I studied his work for year 12 english, but I found his poems rather depressing.The Chairmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247385892097624203noreply@blogger.com