Poets Worth Reading Aloud

Ranked list by Lena Kowalski · 11 items · 0 likes

Poems that sound better out loud, ideally to a patient friend or a very tolerant cat.

1. A person Person

   Warm, wise and endlessly quotable. Always the poet I return to.

2. A person Person

   Big feelings in simple images. Even translated, the music comes through.

3. A person Person

   A few syllables and suddenly you're standing beside a quiet pond.

4. A person Person

   Wide open and generous. Reading him feels like taking a deep breath.

5. A person Person

   Visionary and a little wild. Poems that glow like his paintings.

6. A person Person

   Dark, glamorous and city-soaked. Perfect for a late night walk.

7. A person Person

   Gentle, luminous and full of tenderness for ordinary things.

8. A person Person

   Playful and wise. Poems that feel like a conversation with a smiling friend.

9. A person Person

   Mapped heaven and hell with astonishing imagination. A journey worth taking.

10. A person Person

    Moonlight, wine and wandering. Poems with a sense of freedom.

11. A person Person

    Dramatic and witty. A rock star in a ruffled collar.

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