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Owl  ·  4373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Has a Poem Ever Changed Your Life? - or given you a pause?

I like a lot of poems, but there's something about this poem by William Carlos Williams that gives me this profound feeling of... I don't know. I guess I'd say almost a Zen like feeling, like a deep inner connection with all things in the universe and an understanding of the interconnectedness of all things. In any case, here it is:

The Red Wheelbarrow, 1923

    so much depends upon

    a red wheel barrow

    glazed with rain water

    beside the white chickens.

Another poem I really like is "Away", by Walter De La Mare, 1938

    There is no sorrow Time heals never; No loss, betrayal, Beyond repair. Balm for the soul, then, Though grave shall sever Lover from loved And all they share; See, the sweet sun shines, The shower is over, Flowers preen their beauty, The day how fair!

    Brood not too closely On love or duty; Friends long forgotten May wait you where Life with death Brings all to an issue; None will long mourn for you, Pray for you, miss you, Your place left vacant, You not there.