Book meme! Day 16

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I am slipping so far behind!  But I think this is the most I've written for LJ in a couple of years, so I'll take it as a small victory.

Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry

My favorite poem is probably the Edna St. Vincent Millay sonnet that starts "Love is not all"
I'm ridiculously fond of Byron, too, especially the end of the stanzas on Braganza, which I wrote out in execrable illuminated Chancery cursive on the inside of my bedroom door in high school.
Kipling can make me shiver when he's not being insane, and I think that The Sack of the Gods is one of the best and most charming things he wrote...that's the other one I had bits of on my bedroom wall, in gold elaborate letters over the molding.  I loved Tennyson's "Ring Out Wild Bells" (which might be from In Memoriam?) for a long time.

Ogden Nash has a bunch of absolutely fabulous stuff, and the ones he does about money, voting, etc are cutting and incisive.

Elizabeth Bishop's One Art is fabulous.

My favorite single volume of poetry (as a complete volume) is Jennifer Michael Hecht's The Next Ancient World, I think my current favorite poem by her may be
There's a chapbook about Mockingbirds whose author escapes me (and it's packed up for my soon-to-be-finished move) but that I love immoderately.

Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve watched more than five times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now