Robert Frost (1874 -1963) had poets like William Blake in mind when he wrote: Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting . Let us now turn to William Blake's poem 'Ah! Sunflower!'. This poem holds us all by its mere melody Ah! Sunflower!
from V Sundaram: News Today: My favourite poems and poets--V
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This poem was reminiscent of the voice of W B Yeats (1865-1939) who wrote a great poem during the I World War titled 'Easter 1916'. Very much like Yeats, Auden gave a poignant description of historical lapses, frustrations and failures gradually moving towards a possible transformation of the landscape in the future. I am giving below a few stanzas from Auden's great poem:
September 1, 1939
from V Sundaram: News Today: My favourite poems and poets--VI
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The poet Naomi Shihab Nye says "whenever I go to any school, the first question they will ask is 'Are you famous?'. I have written this poem in response to this question. Everything is famous if you notice it. This leaf right here is famous if you picked it up".
from V Sundaram: News Today: My favourite poems and poets--VII
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