Top Ten Poets
The Washington Post reports that the Academy of American Poets website has put up a top ten list of most popular poets -- based on traffic data resulting from a tally of hits by visitors to the site. Here's the list:
1. Langston Hughes
2. Emily Dickinson
3. Robert Frost
4. Walt Whitman
5. E.E. Cummings
6. Sylvia Plath
7. Maya Angelou
8. Dylan Thomas
9. Shel Silverstein
10. William Carlos Williams
1. Langston Hughes
2. Emily Dickinson
3. Robert Frost
4. Walt Whitman
5. E.E. Cummings
6. Sylvia Plath
7. Maya Angelou
8. Dylan Thomas
9. Shel Silverstein
10. William Carlos Williams
posted by PrufrockTwo at
18.4.06
3 Comments:
Haven't heard of 4 (#s 1, 7, 9, 10) of those. How bad is this?
By
Unknown, at 7:00 AM
Take two anthologies and call me in the morning.
By
PrufrockTwo, at 12:15 PM
What's the bet that 70% of the Dickinson hits are due to angsty adolescents (not that I was one ;-) )?
By
flygirl, at 11:55 AM
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