Pablo Neruda:
Three
Poems by Neruda, all incredibly
well-crafted, and incredibly poignant
A
poem about fleas that is as much of a
masterpiece as the rest of his poems
Biographical
information on the revolutionary Chilean
poet. An incredible life to go with incredible poetry.
(I take no credit or blame whatsoever for what you might find on the other pages of the sites I send you to, only the specific pages I have linked to.)
Walt Whitman
Song
of Myself, from his first book, Leaves of Grass. .
Beat!
Beat! Drums, my favorite of his poems, incredibly moving when set to
music.
O!
Captain: the classic Walt
The
Whitman Hypertext Archive: it's big.
Wood
Odors, a beautiful description of the forest
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The
Lady of Shallot: probably the best known of Tennyson's works
Gareth
and Lynette from Tennyson's Idylls of the King. This is Arthurian
legend, folks.
Get to know Tennyson
better
(and thanks, Iseult, for introducing us)
This is only the beginning of some of the best
poetry on the web. Go explore!

