Soul type things?Anyone here read that?A friend of mine once gave it to me as a gift,the book changed my life and picked me up in my darkest hours.
2006-08-15 06:12:03 · 11 answers · asked by rhieanon6108 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Actually I have four poems that I have read often throughout my life, especially when things are a bit difficult and I need to regain perspective.
The first is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken.
The second is Footprints.
The third is Desiderata.
And the fourth is a poem called The Difference He Made.
I hope you enjoy them.
2006-08-15 06:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well - it's not in the chicken soup for the soul category but the poem that had the most effect on me was/is Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est'. I read it in high school over 20 years ago and I still remember it.
A very moving poem about a terible time, made all the more tragic by the fact the the author was killed in combat seven days before the end of WWI at the age of 25.
2006-08-15 15:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by Rockin' Mel S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite poem is by Emily Dickenson, "thirteen"(it's the thirteenth untitled poem in her book of poems, under life and love)
It's about her talking to the dead, (she says hold a place for me there, beside you on that welcomed choir, I'd love to meet you there but I am not granted passage, etc. etc.) It's really touching. I'm not terribly religious, so it works for those that have friends or significant others that move away or etc.
The other is called Dreamweaver by Anon. that's also another religious poem(sorta. it revolves around fate, and how we all stitch together this one big tapestry and every time we stray from our fate the pattern changes, and the poet says s/he'll stay on his/her path to make that pattern beautiful)
2006-08-16 00:15:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreamweavers
by Marjorie Evasco-Pernia
2006-08-15 14:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by moe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read Chicken Soup For the Heart. I'm glad it helped you refocus yourself. For some reason, I love "If" by Rudyard Kipling. I think it is very inspirational, but I would like to change the very last line! Read it (you can find it on the net) and see what you think!
2006-08-15 13:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are gonna laugh at this one, but 11 Minutes of Paolu Coelho did that for me right after I broke up with my boyfriend... Great book about love and life (if you stop reading it in the middle, because the happy ending just cuts your idea of how life should go on)
2006-08-15 13:19:15 · answer #6 · answered by kichka_2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on someones gravestone i know its not actually a poem but it makes you think it starts with death to me short warning gave and took me to an early grave carnt remember the rest but it tells you not to take anything for granted cos you may die anytime it was really old and scared me when i was a kid.xx
2006-08-15 15:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by ladybird 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found this poem just before my second child was born... it was so fitting... and made me cry.
Loving Two
I walk along holding your 2-year-old hand,
basking in the glow of our magical relationship.
Suddenly I feel a kick from within,
as if to remind me that our time alone is limited.
And I wonder: how could I ever love another child as I love you?
Then he is born,
and I watch you.
I watch the pain you feel at having to share me
as you've never shared me before.
I hear you telling me in your own way,
"Please love only me."
And I hear myself telling you in mine,
"I can't," knowing, in fact, that I never can again.
You cry. I cry with you.
I almost see our new baby as an intruder
on the precious relationship we once shared.
A relationship we can never quite have again.
But then, barely noticing,
I find myself attached to that new being,
and feeling almost guilty.
I'm afraid to let you see me enjoying him -- as though I am
betraying you.
But then I notice your resentment change,
first to curiosity,
then to protectiveness,
finally to genuine affection.
More days pass,
and we are settling into a new routine.
The memory of days with just the two of us is fading fast.
But something else is replacing those wonderful times we shared,
just we two.
There are new times -- only now, we are three.
I watch the love between you grow,
the way you look at each other, touch each other.
I watch how he adores you -- as I have for so long.
I see how excited you are by each of his new accomplishments.
And I begin to realize that I haven't taken something from you,
I've given something to you.
I notice that I am no longer afraid to share my love openly with
both of you.
I find that my love for each of you is as different as you are,
but equally strong.
And my question is finally answered, to my amazement.
Yes, I can love another child as much as I love you -- only
differently.
And although I realize that you may have to share my time,
I now know you'll never share my love.
There's enough of that for both of you -- you each have your own
supply.
I love you -- both. And I thank you both for blessing my life."
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2006-08-15 13:20:15 · answer #8 · answered by just_two_01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a poem, but a book - its long, but "The Fountainhead" is abook by Ayan Rand - its really good.
2006-08-15 13:17:57 · answer #9 · answered by ever_curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favourite is A Psalm of Life.
2006-08-15 13:25:18 · answer #10 · answered by emeraldisle2222 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋