At the end of 2019, Living Poetry conducted a poll of its members to determine which 20th century poems were our favorites. First we held nominations and 37 poems by 32 different poets qualified for the ballot then we voted.
Each Living Poet was allowed to rank up to five poems. Their first place poem received 10 votes, second got 5, third 3, fourth 2 and fifth 1 vote. The results were tallied and Living Poetry’s Favorite Poem of the 20th Century is Wistawa Szymborska‘s Children of Our Age!
Maya Angelou‘s Still I Rise came second while three poems tied for third: Robert Hayden‘s Those Winter Sundays and William Carlos Williams‘ The Red Wheelbarrow and This Is Just To Say.
What’s your favorite poem from the 20th century?
Living Poetry 
This is a tough one, of course, but as I just thought of the question, this is the first candidate that came to my mind:
Edwin Muir’s “The Horses” —
https://slate.com/culture/1999/01/the-horses.html
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Posted by Steve Croft | December 26, 2019, 2:00 PMNext time the call goes out for nominations get it in on time.
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Posted by JeanMarie | December 26, 2019, 2:15 PMI think Steve gets a pass since he’s not a member of Living Poetry.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 26, 2019, 2:25 PMI guess I’m in The Dead Poet’s Society, then (wink)
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Posted by Steve Croft | December 26, 2019, 2:30 PMThat’s an interesting poem. I love the dark imagery.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 26, 2019, 2:27 PM