Whos ur favorite Author or Poet.
Id have to go with Edgar Allen Poe personally or C.S. Lewis
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Whats ur Favorite author or Poet?
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Whats ur Favorite author or Poet?
Id just like to see what u guys like in books. So ill ask u this.
Whos ur favorite Author or Poet.
Id have to go with Edgar Allen Poe personally or C.S. Lewis
THEY ROCK
Whos ur favorite Author or Poet.
Id have to go with Edgar Allen Poe personally or C.S. Lewis
THEY ROCK
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greyscale42 - Posts: 157
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I think there is already a thread like this but I guess we'll see.
I don't really have a favorite author. But I can say that if the two of my friends actually continue with their storylines and such they will certinally be my favorite authors ^^;
Favorite poet is pretty much the same, though I do love Frost and Longfellow. But if you want absolute favorite over all else and not worldly know yet ... that'll be one of my friends mentioned above who is also a very inactive member here (Drackner). Don't know what I'm going to do with him.
^^;
I don't really have a favorite author. But I can say that if the two of my friends actually continue with their storylines and such they will certinally be my favorite authors ^^;
Favorite poet is pretty much the same, though I do love Frost and Longfellow. But if you want absolute favorite over all else and not worldly know yet ... that'll be one of my friends mentioned above who is also a very inactive member here (Drackner). Don't know what I'm going to do with him.
^^;
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-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul."
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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blueraven - Posts: 355
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Ted Dekker. Suspense, baby.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Mangafanatic - Posts: 4918
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Hmm... I think we do have a thread like this somewhere... Oh well...
For me, that would be either Poe or Lawhead or Eddings.
Now there's an ecclectic mix...
For me, that would be either Poe or Lawhead or Eddings.
Now there's an ecclectic mix...
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Mithrandir - Posts: 11071
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Favourite poet - Edgar Allen Poe
Favourite author - Oscar Wilde
Favourite author - Oscar Wilde
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EvilSporkofDoom - Posts: 246
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Franz Kafka is definitly my favorite author. Not sure about poets though... i'll have to think about that some more
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lobsterbucket - Posts: 75
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With regards to prose, I'd have to say that Kurt Vonnegut is my all time favourite author.
As far as poets go, Yeats is one of may favourites but there's quite a few that I like, especially among the Romantics.
As far as poets go, Yeats is one of may favourites but there's quite a few that I like, especially among the Romantics.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
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(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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Technomancer - Posts: 2379
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mine is a toss up between Timathy Zhan (THrawn Trilogy) and Lawence Yep (Dragon's Gate/ Dragon Wings)
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Shao Feng-Li - Posts: 5187
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My favorite poet is Homer (as in the ancient Greek epic poet), and my favorite prose author is David S. Landes.
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cbwing0 - Posts: 2728
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Yessss! I get the first to say J.R.R. Tolkien!! *posts before someone else does*
Tolkien's was not only a great author, but a magnificent poet as well. He has a whole index in LotR soley for all the poems/songs found in the books! And there are many memorable songs in The Hobbit and The Silmarillion as well. He even wrote poems in Elvish, the language that he made up o.o
Tolkien's was not only a great author, but a magnificent poet as well. He has a whole index in LotR soley for all the poems/songs found in the books! And there are many memorable songs in The Hobbit and The Silmarillion as well. He even wrote poems in Elvish, the language that he made up o.o
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Kireihana - Posts: 761
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Poets that I think are brilliant at either presenting truth, or evaluating society and culture, who could turna phrase into a thing of beauty, and could make something commonplace seem devine. Here are a few...
Poets:
- John Donne - Once he got over his "love" poems, he wrote some of the most insightful Christian poems I've found. Read some of the Holy Sonnets sometime.
- William Butler Yeats - Here's a fabulous example of someone who could make words beautiful. I don't know that I agree much with his personal mythology, but some of my favorites of his work are "When You Are Old," "The Circus Animal's Desertion" (that one is the best ever!), "The Second Coming," and "Sailing to Byzantium." Pretty cool stuff.
- Wilfred Owen - A painter of word pictures who wrote of the horrors of WWI, he leaves images that remain unendingly. Read absolutely, no questions asked "Dulce Et Decourum Est" (and no, it's not all in latin)
- T. S. Eliot - I think of all the poetry I've read, Eliot's is the most memorable, leaves the greatest impression, and seems the most carefully crafted. Incredible. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Preludes," can't remember the others. Anything after he became a Christian.
I think that will do it for me here.
Poets:
- John Donne - Once he got over his "love" poems, he wrote some of the most insightful Christian poems I've found. Read some of the Holy Sonnets sometime.
- William Butler Yeats - Here's a fabulous example of someone who could make words beautiful. I don't know that I agree much with his personal mythology, but some of my favorites of his work are "When You Are Old," "The Circus Animal's Desertion" (that one is the best ever!), "The Second Coming," and "Sailing to Byzantium." Pretty cool stuff.
- Wilfred Owen - A painter of word pictures who wrote of the horrors of WWI, he leaves images that remain unendingly. Read absolutely, no questions asked "Dulce Et Decourum Est" (and no, it's not all in latin)
- T. S. Eliot - I think of all the poetry I've read, Eliot's is the most memorable, leaves the greatest impression, and seems the most carefully crafted. Incredible. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," Preludes," can't remember the others. Anything after he became a Christian.
I think that will do it for me here.
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Kokhiri Sojourn - Posts: 1215
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Another favourite that I'd forgotten: Charles DeLint. The books are essentially urban fantasies with an interweaving of Celtic and Indian myhtologies.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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favorite author- mary higgins clark or john grisham
favorite poet- emily dickinson or robert frost
favorite poet- emily dickinson or robert frost
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I don't think I have any favorite.... There is so many to like...
maybe CS Lewis because of the Narnia books
maybe CS Lewis because of the Narnia books
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He played the fool and He opened our eyes
We in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
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He played the fool and He opened our eyes
We in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
- Michael Card
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Tamora Peirce. I've read every single one of her books. ^_^
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Favourite Poet: Edgar Allen Poe
ConvoyButterfly - I absolutely LOVE Mary Higgins Clark's books. ^_^ She's such an engaging author.
Spirit Wolf - Tamora Peirce is a great author as well...I loved her Song of the Lioness series. LOL...that's the series that spawned my nickname Lady Ninja. OH! Since you love wolves, you might enjoy the book "Through Wolf's Eyes" by Jane Lindskold.
ConvoyButterfly - I absolutely LOVE Mary Higgins Clark's books. ^_^ She's such an engaging author.
Spirit Wolf - Tamora Peirce is a great author as well...I loved her Song of the Lioness series. LOL...that's the series that spawned my nickname Lady Ninja. OH! Since you love wolves, you might enjoy the book "Through Wolf's Eyes" by Jane Lindskold.
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I'm a big fan of Poe, Jack London, Shakespere, and H.G. Wells
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels alright
You don't know what it's like to be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked
When you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
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AnimePriest - Posts: 47
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I'm gonna have to jump on the bandwagon with Poe for poetry, don't know why but creepy peoms about demonicesque birds entertain me, and for books, whew thats tough, i guess i'd have to officially go with... shesh i'm gonna have to go by category to actually pick anyone but i guess humor-Douglas Adams, fantasy-C.S. Lewis, scifi-Ray bradberry, history-um who ever wrote "daughter of time" good book thats all i can think of now
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Happy Slave Dance!
"Where's my plate?" Me, as i stare at my hand that has my plate in it
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under the law, but under grace"-Romans 6:14 (guess wich book I love
)
"I'm forgiven and i'm livin' with no sin on my plate"- Relient K
"No God, No Peace... Know God, Know Peace"-random note on a teacher's cabinet, really
"can i have a flamethrower pleaaaaaaaaaase"- Calvin (calvin and hobbes)
"Not a monkey!"-Fang (Dave the Barbarian, yes i watch kids shows and am proud of it, sorta
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Good night Poe is popular! I never would have guessed he was the poet of choice for everyone here. Oh well. He's cool. Maybe just not my type of subject matter, that's all. 
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i really couldnt say (that took me forever to type) anyhoo. They are all good all though............i like a lot of manga authors like clamp and all but there are too many good writers. Some who have multiple stories have good and bad ones. but i guess i could say that i never really hate them...just dont really aprove you know? ok well thats all i have to say...peace out!
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