tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post3211561867933831496..comments2023-10-21T08:52:45.549-07:00Comments on Friends of Epicaricacy: The best 4 poets in the worldKallehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14626787126837500623noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-82032440787783412402014-12-08T02:19:08.074-08:002014-12-08T02:19:08.074-08:00Well there is no doubt that Indian poets are great...Well there is no doubt that Indian poets are great and in my sense they are among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-poets-of-the-20th-century/ranker-books" rel="nofollow">best poets of all time</a>. Mirza Ghalib is my favorite one. I really appreciate his writing style.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821497762377234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-37030009286195761032010-08-27T14:12:39.223-07:002010-08-27T14:12:39.223-07:00the first three poets in world stage are from grea...the first three poets in world stage are from great khorasan what is now called Afghanisthan and Iran. Jalaludin Balkhi. Hafiz Shirazi. Abdulrahman momand/ baba.<br />After them others come.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576430990214798404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-54924838517839888552009-07-23T06:01:28.872-07:002009-07-23T06:01:28.872-07:00Thanks. It was snapped on a paddle boat on the lak...Thanks. It was snapped on a paddle boat on the lake at Ooty in India. I was feeling quite nautical at the time.zmjezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385280690029602212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-1918714319220189762009-07-22T20:26:19.154-07:002009-07-22T20:26:19.154-07:00Z's list makes me realize how much I don't...Z's list makes me realize how much I don't know about poets! <br /><br />BTW, I like the picture!Kallehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626787126837500623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-19431311058267610902009-07-22T07:01:08.155-07:002009-07-22T07:01:08.155-07:00A Persian, Rumi, and three Urdu poets. More than a...A Persian, Rumi, and three Urdu poets. More than a few times Pakistani friends have rhapsodized about the poetical qualities of Urdu. Anyway, a short list of great poets: Homer, Pindar, Horace, Ovid, Virgil, Petrarch, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Blake, Swinburne, Hopkins, Eliot, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Artaud, Rilke, Celan, Pushkin, etc. The playing field gets crowded the closer we get to our century.zmjezhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385280690029602212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-55592958536646891582009-07-20T03:35:30.104-07:002009-07-20T03:35:30.104-07:00I've now posted my response here.
http://theh...I've now posted my response here.<br /><br />http://thehittingtheroadagainblues.blogspot.com/2009/07/four-greatest-poets.html, I thought it might be a bit too long to put in a comment.<br /><br />BobBob Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648768078027630120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-46409376341995010902009-07-19T19:15:21.252-07:002009-07-19T19:15:21.252-07:00Well, Bob, I do like your poetry a lot. However, ...Well, Bob, I do like your poetry a lot. However, "best poet in the world?" You're probably not there yet, but who knows. Maybe someday!Kallehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626787126837500623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-54120533183966939812009-07-19T02:46:55.764-07:002009-07-19T02:46:55.764-07:00I agree with you on Frost, disagree on Wordsworth ...I agree with you on Frost, disagree on Wordsworth and as for this Bob Hale bloke, the flattery is nice but grossly misplaced.<br />I like the stuff I write - and I'm happy when others like it too - but I wouldn't pretend it's great literature.<br />I'll think about others and get back to you.Bob Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648768078027630120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935192303176811210.post-57830352464988452432009-07-18T22:10:03.156-07:002009-07-18T22:10:03.156-07:00Any list I make must have Tennyson on it.Any list I make must have Tennyson on it.seanahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653875641393008256noreply@blogger.com