December Daily: poetry

realpestilence prompted: favorite poem and favorite poet.

My favorite poet right now is Walt Whitman. This changes from time to time, but Whitman is meaning a lot to me right now.

I've also always had a soft spot for my adolescent favorite, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and for Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel poems. And I loved the early work of Marilyn Hacker, but her stuff spoke less to me once she stopped using poetic forms.

I couldn't really say I have one favorite poem, per se, but here's one I've been finding particularly meaningful for some years.

( Angels Among the Servants )