General Chat:

[PaintedDiary]

What is your favorite line (s) of poetry and / or stanza (s) of poetry, by whom and why?

It is very difficult to pick out lines of poetry or stanzas that move us, for there are many.

However, it would be really great to create a list and discuss what poetry moves members of JPiC, has an impact on us, and perhaps explain why.

Additionally, we will be learning of perhaps poets or poems we have not heard of, read before, from other countries and cultures as well, thus can be quite educational.

You don't have to list all at once...and I know you will be back to post again...lol

To summarize...

1} Let's Post the Authors Name

2} Post Title of Piece (In case others may want to look the poem up)

3}Post The Line (s) and / or Stanza (s)

4}Last, (if you like to share and may be the most important part)....Post why those words have such an impact on you or why or how does the line (s) and / or stanza (s) move you.

I will start.....



T.S. Eliot "The Waste Land"

"I have shored against my ruins"

I love this line as I feel massive strength from these six words!

[MsJacquiiC]

Nice thread! Langston Hughes is one of my favorites and a few lines from one of his poems:

Beauty for some provides escape,
who gain a happiness in eyeing the
gorgeous buttocks of the ape or
Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

Edited: I thought this was quoted from Hughes but after searching for the quote on google (cause google's my friend) it seems to be attributed to Aldous Huxley's "Ninth Philosopher's Song" ---- Anyway - whoever wrote it = EXCELLENT lines and one of my favorites!

[PaintedDiary]

Yes! Love Mr. Hughes!

Here is a brilliant poet I wrote about in college and wanted to share...His work was astounding as a slave and not too many people know of his work...his name is

Jupiter Hammon

Jupiter Hammon (born October 17, 1711 – died 1806) was a Black poet and the first published Black writer in America, a poem of his appearing in print in 1760. He was a devout Christian, believing in God and striving to live for Him . He is considered one of the founders of African American literature.

Hammon was a slave his whole life, owned by four generations of the Lloyd family on Long Island, New York. However, he was allowed to attend school, and thus (unlike many slaves) was able to read and write.

Here is a verse from ""Chapter 2: Jupiter Hammon's Poem to Phillis Wheatley"

When God shall send His summons down,
And number saints together.
Blest angels chant, (triumphant sound)
Come live with me forever.

[MsJacquiiC]

Wow - What wonderful informations MS KIM - I'd never heard of Hammon before -This is quite incredible post - to FINALLY know the 1st published Black in American literature Thanx for posting!

Jacquii.

[solo]

These lines from William Blake are my favorites

From: Auguries Of Innocence

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

Why?...because they say so much in such a compact way...and apart from that...it's just plain beautiful....lol, I'm not much of a critic/analyst...I just get reduced to paroxysms of "Beautiful, just beautiful!!!"


Yeah, I have heard of Langston Hughes...a visiting american read me some...he 's good stuff too!. Must make a point of getting hold of some more of his poetry.


solo

[MsJacquiiC]

Mr. HUGHES is indeed fabulous poetry! But I must say - I agree with you - those BLAKE lines are simply exquisite! Thanx for the share

Jacquii.

[PaintedDiary]

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Originally Posted by MsJacquiiC

Wow - What wonderful informations MS KIM - I'd never heard of Hammon before -This is quite incredible post - to FINALLY know the 1st published Black in American literature Thanx for posting!

Jacquii.

Thanks Ms Jacquii..he was incredible indeed! This is a great thread to learn and to share!

Kim

[PaintedDiary]

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Originally Posted by solo

These lines from William Blake are my favorites

From: Auguries Of Innocence

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

solo

Thanks for posting this solo! Yes the lines are quite beautiful and memorable!

PD

[JolieH]

I thought and thought about this. I have read a thousand poems over the past few months, and not one came to mind - not on particular anyway, and then I remembered, oh yes, Macbeth... I love Macbeth - the story that is, He's a fool but the stories great. The witches cantations are really cool,

William Shakspeare
Macbeth,
act IV, scene I

ALL.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire, burn; and caldron, bubble.

SECOND WITCH.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,--
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.


ALL. (witches)
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire, burn; and caldron, bubble.


THIRD WITCH.
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangl'd babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,--
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our caldron.

[solo]

Truly chilling lines

"Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,"
lolololol.....!


and I was wondering what to have for supper!