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25 poems

After about a decade of collecting and appreciating poems, I’ve decided to put together an anthology of my favourites, along with some commentary on what I like about each. My tastes lean towards short poems, and ones with an immediate poignancy or beauty to them - with a few notable exceptions which you’ll see below. I’m now 25, so it seemed appropriate to include 25 poems, in three sections. In general, poems are only ever about love or loss, and usually both, so the first two sections deal with those two themes. The third section consists of those rarest of creatures: non-romantic poems which are actually (mostly) happy. I hope you enjoy all of them as much as I have. Love poems: since feeling is first, by e e cummings No second Troy, by William Butler Yeats Marrysong, by Dennis Scott How do I love thee, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning A quoi bon dire, by Charlotte Mew La figlia che piange, by T. S. Eliot He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, by William Butler Yeats Jenny Ki