Poem meme

[andygates]

Post your favourite poem :)

String is a wonderful thing
Rope is thicker
But string is quicker

-- St. Spike of Milligan

Reckon that means I like 'em short and absurd, and the LOLcat haiku "Nom" scores highly too:

Nom nom nom nom nom
Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom
Nom nom nom nom nom.
 

...third would be Paradise Lost, which is epic and awesome, and full of truly powerful images, and a deep influence on Anglophone culture to this day, but is a bit too long to quote here. 

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[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

"Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is..."

[andygates.livejournal.com]

"Better to reign in Hell, Than serve in Heaven!"

...the whole image of being chained face down in a lake of fire that gives no heat or light, just burns in the darkness...

...and many more.