Yeats is of course the one I know the best, and he for sure had a way for words. He has a very contradictory life though. In his poem “on writing a war poem” he seems to say there’s no point in political poetry and then goes on to be a very political person. :)

More recently I’ve been drawn in by Oscar Wilde. I only knew him for his plays, but I discover he wrote some poetry earlier in life. The Picture of Dorian Gray for example is how I view the United States right for a while — we have an outward image but a dying soul painting in our attic. I also like his positions against tyranny.

Who would you suggest I read more?