Poetry Perspectives

I warmly welcome you to my poetry selection. I have gathered a small collection of some of the most inspiring poems that I have found through the years. I like these poems because they are able to reflect some of the most powerful thoughts and feelings that everyone has experienced at some point in their lives. But what makes these even more special to me is that they use a sort of quietness or silence in their writing. I am sure there is at least one that you will recognize. If there are any more poems that you think I may like, please email it to me. I am very open to any suggestions that you may have.

Btw, I just added the "Hope" ending of Shawshank Redemption (one of my favorite movies). If you wait for it to load, you can hear it, but it may take awhile. I looped it too so you can hear it more than once. =) It's the voice of Morgan Freeman, not mine (in case there was any confusion).

	"I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still 
		or hold a thought in my head.  
	 I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, 
		a free man at the start of a long journey, 
		who's conclusion is uncertain.  
	 I hope I can make it across the border.  
	 I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. 
	 I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams.  
	 I hope."

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night One of my high school teachers first introduced me to this poem and I later heard it again in the movie, "Dangerous Minds." It has the line, "Rage, rage, against the dying of the light" which I have never forgotten. I'm not an English Literature afficionado but there are some verses that have so much strength in its words. I remember another by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, my friend used it in her essay one time and it was so powerful because it ended with, "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Footprints I first read this poem on a little bookmark. It's one of those few poems where you just happen to stumble across it, but as soon as do, you can't stop thinking about it anymore.

The Road Not Taken The last of my poetry selection comes to you from Robert Frost. I've read this poem perhaps every year since the seventh grade, but I find it more meaningful every time I read it because the road he speaks of diverges yet another time as I grow older. And the choices that one faces becomes more difficult as we grow older.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night One of my high school teachers first introduced me to this poem and I later heard it again in the movie, "Dangerous Minds." It has the line, "Rage, rage, against the dying of the light" which I have never forgotten. I'm not an English Literature afficionado but there are some verses that have so much strength in its words. I remember another by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, my friend used it in her essay one time and it was so powerful because it ended with, "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
Footprints I first read this poem on a little bookmark. It's one of those few poems where you just happen to stumble across it, but as soon as do, you can't stop thinking about it anymore.
The Road Not Taken The last of my poetry selection comes to you from Robert Frost. I've read this poem perhaps every year since the seventh grade, but I find it more meaningful every time I read it because the road he speaks of diverges yet another time as I grow older. And the choices that one faces becomes more difficult as we grow older.