Poems+about+living

This page - not exactly a how-to guide - aims to collect poetic considerations on living.

When you find a poem that contributes a useful, unusual, controversial, humorous, or in any way noteworthy perspective on how to live, please post it below.

Class brainstorm on Life.

Link to your poem the way you would in a TIL post, with your full name in parenthesis at the end. Also, include a single sentence that captures a contribution the poem makes to our inquiry into the art & science of living.

[|Poverty by D.H. Lawrence] (Mr. Barra. To possess a natural abundance is to be rich.) [|Elemental by D.H. Lawrence] (Mr. Barra. [|Waldeinsamkeit by Ralph Waldo Emerson] (Anish Vora. Everyone needs solitude, and the best place to find it is in the true quiet of nature.) [|Friendship by Henry David Thoreau] (Anish Vora. Life is incomplete without love, but love, the greatest feeling in the world, is incomplete without friendship.) [|The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot] (Anish Vora. (One of many interpretations) - Life without meaning is death, but even sacrifice through death can mark a new awakening to life.) [|Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss] (Anish Vora. No one is truly alone, and if they persevere almost anything is possible.) [|Happiness by Carl Sandburg] (Anish Vora. Happiness cannot be explained, only experienced OR Happiness comes from the simple things in life, like love and togetherness.)