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One poem that affected your life?

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Back in eighth grade, my English teacher promised we would get an A if we memorized "The Raven." Needless to say I was smitten with it. I memorized nearly half of it and can still spit the first stanza. "The Raven" was really where poetry started for me.

by TheAngstyPoet in Six Words Questions on Oct 25, 2012 | | T-shirt

Comments

Dhani says,

Can't choose one, but Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' do very much satisfy the soul...

TheAngstyPoet says,

Sounds familiar (duh it's famous) I'll have to look it up.

accidentaltourist says,

Birches, Robert Frost.

Wench says,

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. John Donne.

Wench says,

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning. John Donne.

jl333 says,

I'm not really a poem person so-to-speak, however, BanjoDan's poem he wrote for me regarding jetskiing was the bomb!

ba_miracle says,

The 23rd Psalm of David. Memorizing it won me my bible at age 5 or 6 and gave me an interest in reading it.

Redx3 says,

Sorry, but it is a flat out tie between Donne Sonnet 74 and Gerard Manley Hopkins "Windhover"

ba_miracle says,

Redx3, I checked out "Windhover" and those are my kind of words!

KharisJo says,

there are so many, but one that inspires me is Love after Love by Derek Walcott, a reminder to treasure your true self.

Redx3 says,

Isn't is beautiful BA?

MotorCityMich says,

Mary Oliver's "The Journey" is one that speaks to my grown up self... but I, too, can recite "The Raven" and do every year to a room full of freshmen. Love it!

Loon says,

To His Coy Mistress

Believe says,

maggy millie molly and may