I'm not much of a poetry reader. Most of my lyrical loves come from music or children's books or Shakespeare---or Shakespearean magnetic poetry, where even I can sound vaguely poetical---but I've been thinking lately about broadening my experience of the genre. While I dabbled in modern American poetry in college as part of my degree, I haven't explored much beyond that. So, to that end, I'd like to ask what your favorite poems are. I'd love to know about your favorite poets, as well, but I'm really curious about the individual works that you love.

...And just so it's even, some of my favorite poems are T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (such a shock to you all, I know), William Carlos Williams' "Danse Russe," Robert Frost's "Birches," and Emily Dickinson's "As imperceptibly as Grief."