I had this poem stuck on my wall all throughout my student days, at all the places I stayed.
"I am simple-minded. I need to be reminded of certain things over and over again. Although I do not believe that it is the function of poetry to set out to instruct or edify, I do believe that a good poem can embody human truth -- the truth of what it means to make one's way through the World as a unique soul, touching, and touched by, others.
An Epilogue
I have seen flowers come in stony places
And kind things done by men with ugly faces,
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,
So I trust, too.
John Masefield
http://firstknownwhenlost.blogspot.in/2015/12/poetry.html
"I am simple-minded. I need to be reminded of certain things over and over again. Although I do not believe that it is the function of poetry to set out to instruct or edify, I do believe that a good poem can embody human truth -- the truth of what it means to make one's way through the World as a unique soul, touching, and touched by, others.
An Epilogue
I have seen flowers come in stony places
And kind things done by men with ugly faces,
And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races,
So I trust, too.
John Masefield
http://firstknownwhenlost.blogspot.in/2015/12/poetry.html
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