This person is looking for English-language poems and poetry collection recs

[conuly]

The important thing is they have to be accessible, beginner-level poems for people who don't "get" poetry in English (or, perhaps, in any language).

Though I will say now what I only sort of suggested then, which is that I've never thought the point of reading anything is to understand it all. Sometimes it's enough to enjoy it, even if you miss a thing or ten. (This may be why I know so many Shakespeare quotes - from the age of six onwards I made repeated dives into our big copy of his collected works, and you know for sure I did not understand Elizabethan English at that age!)

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[movingfinger]

also, the poster's "instinctual" understanding of the phrase "width of warmth" is a valid way to get the meaning of the poem! It is imagery calling up a sensation.

no one ever likes the answer "read more x" to understand x, but for me that's how it's always worked in English and other languages; there's no magic beans

[zavodilaterrarium]

also, the poster's "instinctual" understanding of the phrase "width of warmth" is a valid way to get the meaning of the poem!

Yep, understanding and being able to explain something (whether using any words at all or making existing words simpler) are different skillsets, which is why not every capable learner is a capable teacher! No shame in that, as frustrating as it may feel.