Thread: Favorite Poet/Artist?

Like Gwahir, I could never really get into poetry. There are odd poems that stick out in my mind (The Jaguar by Ted Hughes, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou come to mind) but no particular poets' ouevre has ever grasped me. Even Bukowski, who I love as a novelist, has always seemed mostly boring with just a few flairs of brilliance but nothing to keep my attention.

I've never gotten too heavily into art either but I've always enjoyed Miro, Degas, Picasso etc. I also love Edward Hooper's work, especially Nighthawks (his most famous and my current desktop background)

Originally Posted by KT.

I don't see how anyone can have one favorite artist. I recently took an art history class and it seemed like I had a new favorite artist or piece every week.[/URL]

Yeah, I agree with this. My taste in art is similar to my taste in music, in that as it is hugely varied, I find things that appeal to me in one form or another all over the place.

Originally Posted by simonj

I've never gotten too heavily into art either but I've always enjoyed Miro, Degas, Picasso etc. I also love Edward Hooper's work, especially Nighthawks (his most famous and my current desktop background)

Nighthawks is a great painting, one of the few I remember well from my artist research at school.

One artist that I discovered I liked fairly recently is Durer not just in technique but also from an historical perspective, seeing the 15th century portrayed in such a clear way is pretty fascinating.
Also very fond of Turner.

As far as poetry goes I would have to echo the statements of everyone else so far. Shakespeare has done some wonderful things.
Individual poems I like that spring to mind are 'The Listeners' by Walter De la Mare and 'Do not go gentle into that good night' by Dylan Thomas