who is your favorite poet, author, writer etc... (people that write)
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Sista Souljah (author)

Edgar Allen Poe! whooo hoo! love his work!

Poe is quite a figure, I must admit. I really ejoy his stuff, but I think my current favorite is Pablo Neruda.

Here is my favorite piece of his, as many of you may not know who he is:

Your Laughter


Take bread away from me, if you wish,
take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.

Do not take away the rose,
the lance flower that you pluck,
the water that suddenly
bursts forth in joy,
the sudden wave
of silver born in you.

My struggle is harsh and I come back
with eyes tired
at times from having seen
the unchanging earth,
but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.

My love, in the darkest
hour your laughter
opens, and if suddenly
you see my blood staining
the stones of the street,
laugh, because your laughter
will be for my hands
like a fresh sword.

Next to the sea in the autumn,
your laughter must raise
its foamy cascade,
and in the spring, love,
I want your laughter like
the flower I was waiting for,
the blue flower, the rose
of my echoing country.

Laugh at the night,
at the day, at the moon,
laugh at the twisted
streets of the island,
laugh at this clumsy
boy who loves you,
but when I open
my eyes and close them,
when my steps go,
when my steps return,
deny me bread, air,
light, spring,
but never your laughter
for I would die.

Pablo Neruda

I like Dickinson, Plath, Poe, etc.

i love Poe. strive o heart forget thine idol, and o soul forget thine dreams. i also like hubert shelby Jnr and frank mc court

William Blake is my fave but Sylvia Plath is also in my top 3 :)

Edgar Allen Poe for sure.

Poe for sure. ^^ Walt Whitman, as well..and recently I've read a poem by Alfonso Cortes, and he's extremely talented.

I love Amber Tamblyn :)