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"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
— Carl Sandburg
This Listopia list is dedicated to Goodread's most popular loose Short Poems. with the minimum number of ratings for inclusion set at >1.000 ratings. Once reached, there is no minimum star rating. Avoid Poetry Collections, poems over ≅10 pages long and anything that doesn't have 'Poetry' in its top 10 shelved Genres.
Note: This list is exclusively for Short Poems, not Short Poem Collections or Poems that take more than 10 minutes to read.
Just for the record, Poetry is a form of literary art written in verse, where language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. If you need a bookmark for it, it isn't a short poem! The vast majority of works should be well under 10 pages long (on a plain-text edition) and take less than an 10 minutes to read, with some minor exceptions.
As far as a few prominent examples, you'll find 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' (1951) by Dylan Thomas, and 'Ozymandias' (1817) by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Whether you give this list a 'Like' & use it to quickly reach your yearly Goodreads Reading Challenge, or bookmark it to get better acquainted with the classics, this list is for you!
Don't be shy! Know of any poem that's missing? Click 'Add Books To This List' to add it, or leave a comment below the list!
— Carl Sandburg
This Listopia list is dedicated to Goodread's most popular loose Short Poems. with the minimum number of ratings for inclusion set at >1.000 ratings. Once reached, there is no minimum star rating. Avoid Poetry Collections, poems over ≅10 pages long and anything that doesn't have 'Poetry' in its top 10 shelved Genres.
Note: This list is exclusively for Short Poems, not Short Poem Collections or Poems that take more than 10 minutes to read.
Just for the record, Poetry is a form of literary art written in verse, where language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. If you need a bookmark for it, it isn't a short poem! The vast majority of works should be well under 10 pages long (on a plain-text edition) and take less than an 10 minutes to read, with some minor exceptions.
As far as a few prominent examples, you'll find 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' (1951) by Dylan Thomas, and 'Ozymandias' (1817) by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Whether you give this list a 'Like' & use it to quickly reach your yearly Goodreads Reading Challenge, or bookmark it to get better acquainted with the classics, this list is for you!
Don't be shy! Know of any poem that's missing? Click 'Add Books To This List' to add it, or leave a comment below the list!
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List Created: 2022.05.27 ︱Last Full Review: 2022.05.27Additional Inclusion/Exclusion Notes
• Self-promotional or Spam entries will be summarily removed with prejudice.
• Short Poem Collections are unequivocally excluded, save the few cases where the whole work could be considered a single qualifying short poem.
• The poems should be standalone—Namely, not build on other works or be entries/continuations of a series.
• In the case of children's picture books or nursery rhymes where it isn't clear whether it is a poem or a picture book foremost, if 'Poetry' is the more shelved category, or if it is also widely circulated in plain-text format, it is qualifying.
• For works in the gray zone—where it's not clear whether it's a short poem or not—let's try to keep it under 10 minutes read time.
Notes for Goodreads Librarians
• Don't worry about leaving a comment saying you've deleted an entry if it simply didn't qualify or is spam. Better save the comments for doubts or interesting points.
Notes for Goodreads Users
• See something non-qualifying? Leave a comment below so a Librarian can remove it. You'll get even more karma points if you delete your no-longer applicable comment after it gets deleted so the rest of us don't get confused or try to delete it again.
Oh, and... just a friendly reminder to use your local public library! These poems take less than a coffee to read, so it's hard to justify buying them. Instead, visit your library & check out a dozen for free for a few months and you'll have a new nightly read for weeks! Your tax dollars pay for them, so you might as well use 'em. The rest of them are likely available to read online for free, so pick your poison.
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