The Poets List

To be honest, the idea for this list came to me in the shower yesterday morning. I don't know why I was thinking about poetry and poets at that time, but, apparently I was.

As many of you dear readers know,I was an English major in college. I loved literature (and still do). I always tell people that English is the best thing to major in. Why? because when you tell people that you major in English, a good many of them will think you are a sensitive poet. A smaller faction will assume you are lonely and angst-ridden. I was not, but I knew people who were.

I even fancied myself a poet and tried my hand at it. I published a chapbook. It was a book of haiku. Maybe I'll put some of those poems on the blog. The book was called "Haiku Fuel".

Anyway, here's a list of my fave writers of poetry. As with all my lists, they writers are listed in no particular order. Enjoy!

1. Langston Hughes
2. Adrienne Rich
3. Anne Sexton
4. Denise Levertov
5. James Wright
6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7. Jim McWilliams
8. Anne Bradstreet
9. e.e. cummings
10. Kevin Coval

I've actually met 2 of the poets on this list. Jim McWilliams, at last check lives in Columbia, MO. He and I met when we both worked for Vitamin World back in the late 90's. He inspired me to put my chapbook together and even helped me publish it. I lost track of him, but I'll always be grateful for his friendship, inspiration, and help.