Best poem ever is by Edward Gorey

[Koigokoro]

The Gashlycrumb Tinies (or After the Outing)
by Edward Gorey

A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.
B is for Basil assaulted by bears.
C is for Clara who wasted away.
D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.
E is for Ernest who choked on a peach.
F is for Franny sucked dry by a leach.
G is for George smothered under a rug.
H is for Hector done in by a thug.
I is for Ida who drowned in a lake.
J is for James who took lye by mistake.
K is for Kate who was struck by an axe.
L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks.
M is for Maud who was swept out to sea.
N is for Neville who died of ennui.
O is for Olive run through with an awl.
P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl.
Q is for Quentin who sank in a mire.
R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire.
S is for Susan who perished of fits.
T is for Titus who flew into bits.
U is for Una who slipped down a drain.
V is for Victor squashed under a train.
W is for Winnie embedded in ice.
X is for Xerxes devoured by mice.
Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in.
Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin.


Is that not the best poem in the world? It is one of my favorites. There is illustrations to it and they make it ten times better! I got it as a birthday present today from one of my friends (it is a book) and I honestly read it 20 times to anyone who would listen in the half hour after my receiving it.

[Kerrick]

Haha! That's awesome! I'm not much into poetry, but my favorite poem is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I was introduced to it because it's my favorite song EVER (by Iron Maiden). It's really long and available somewhere online, but it's worth the read!

[Atheo]

Good poem! I love it... and I liked the Rime of the Ancient Mariner when I read it. Anyone hear like Edgar Allan Poe? I love him... very goth.

[Koigokoro]

mmn! I liked Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. I read it a long time back. It was really good. And yes, I have heard of Edgar Allan Poe. I think I read something of his, but I really cant remember what it was. Oh, and does he wright short stories too, or am I just going coo-coo?


anyway, as for my real favorite poem : the highway man... I forget the author. ha ha, so me. (well, to forget that is)

[Solid]

atheo said:

Good poem! I love it... and I liked the Rime of the Ancient Mariner when I read it. Anyone hear like Edgar Allan Poe? I love him... very goth.

Poe's poetry is great, but I like his short stories more.

[Atheo]

I've read the highwayman- well written poem.

[abram92]

Poem with pictures. users.aol.com/emarko/gorey.html
your welcome.

[Koigokoro]

*WIDE EYED EXPRESSION* *SUPER BIG SMILE* *CLAPPING HANDS TOGETHER* AHHHHH!!!!! abram92, you are so awesome!! Your my hero! (actually Jesus is my hero... but your close) I LOVE YOU!!! *hug!*

ha ha! your so cool!!

[abram92]

Yay, I am loved...

[Atheo]

Excellent! I was wanting to see those pictures.

[radar]

There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pool singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;
Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree,
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

-Sara Teasdale