What are some good poets to start reading poems?

For a beginner, it would be better to start with the following poets ( I’ve also written the name of one famous poem against the name of each poet, just to get you started): * Rudyard Kipling (If) This one is a must. read more

New Collected Poems; Jim Harrison. Poetry for the wilderness rather than the coffeeshop. Possibly my favorite poet living. Saving Daylight, In Search of Small Gods, or his newest, Songs of Unreason. And don't forget the rest of the world. Some exposure to the Romantics is a good thing. I'm partial to Percy Shelley. read more

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of Greek literature. read more