Favorite lines of poetry

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

[Pickwick]

The life that I have Is all that I have,

And the life that I have is yours.

And the love that I have of the life

That I have is yours and yours and yours.

A peace I shall have a rest I shall have

And death will be but a pause.

For all my peace in the long green grass

Is yours and yours and yours.

 

Leo Marks

 

Written Christmas 1943 about his girlfriend, Ruth who was killed in a plane crash in Canada.

Edited January 19, 2020 by Pickwick

[Carrau]

 

A Kiplingesque ballad that was a favorite to be recited in generations past.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

This one is for you guys in the nothern hemisphere~

 

[Tom Kellie]

~ RoyalBlueNotebooks:

 

Thank you for both the Anne Hunter and the 魔道祖师 quotes.

The lined card on your keyboard is especially pleasing to see.

I enjoy all of your posts.

Tom K.

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Just re-read a letter from a Canadian friend. Stay strong.

 

[Estycollector]

From the The Road not Taken by Robert Frost

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. "

 

Commentators have opined on the meaning, but for me it simply means to think for one's self and not blindly go through life following the well worn path of others. For me it is not so much either/or, but options based on knowledge gained from experience and communication from a wide range of associations.

Edited January 28, 2020 by Estycollector

[inkstainedruth]

I'm not sure it's that so much as of the idea of taking chances (i.e., vs. going along the same rut). It has always seemed to be more personal and introspective -- not that you're avoiding following "the herd" so much as avoiding your own pre-conceived notions of the way things should be. Or even just the idea of "Hmmm -- I always take X route home, but I wonder what would happen if I took Y route instead. Let's find out! It's an adventure!"

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Richard F]

Frost makes a point of saying that the two path were "really about the same" and "both equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black." There's nothing in the poem about following or not following "the herd." The poem ends with retrospection "ages and ages hence": It's only in hindsight that one can say the chosen road "made all the difference." I'm always amazed how my choosing to do or not do something can profoundly change the entire course of my life.

Edited January 30, 2020 by Richard F

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

Yesterday was tough. Let's greet today with a smile.

[Tom Kellie]

  On 1/30/2020 at 6:57 PM, Richard F said:

Frost makes a point of saying that the two path were "really about the same" and "both equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black." There's nothing in the poem about following or not following "the herd." The poem ends with retrospection "ages and ages hence": It's only in hindsight that one can say the chosen road "made all the difference." I'm always amazed how my choosing to do or not do something can profoundly change the entire course of my life.

 

~ Richard F:

 

Thank you for your comment above.

I've felt likewise at various junctures of my life.

Tom K.

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[Parc Monceau]

 

Written with a Waterman pen, Waterman South Sea Blue ink.

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[Ols67]

My friend asked me to write this poem out for him.

 

Vr

 

Matt

Edited April 8, 2020 by Ols67

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