Please tell me your favorite poem? The one you come back to, think about, can’t ever let go of.

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Our former poet laureate. Simple smooth elegance personif... more
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Denis Johnson the legend. “Loving you is every bit as ... more
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As my own kid makes his own way through this world, it ca... more
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“Prufrock” provided a profound opening to what became my ... more
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what matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
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I found this poem when looking for a reading for my… stat... more
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Living in the earth-deposits of our history   Today a b... more
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Marriage is not a house or even a tent it is before that... more
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I’ve carried that line in my heart since elementary schoo... more
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul... more
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My grandmother’s favorite too, though she could understan... more
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I memorized (some of) this in college and it rolls around... more
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I don’t think I can choose a single favorite poem (though... more
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Lou Reed’s only mentor with whom he didn’t have a fiery f... more
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I read the last sentence at my grandmother's funeral. I h... more
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I learned it by heart in 10th grade because my teacher ma... more
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the depths! the imagery. the truths. . .
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The first poem I ever learned by heart. My late mother, a... more
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A poem I return to, specifically when she gets to the par... more
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one of my favorite poets and this is one of my favorite p... more
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Popular on Tumblr years ago, but it still resonates with ... more
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Victor Hugo wrote this poem about grieving his daughter -... more
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By Elisavietta Richie
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It brings me back to my core self, the one that knows how... more
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Or not untrue and not unkind.
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Among my very favorites. 🙏🏻
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A prismatic, sublime poem. Representative stanza: “You ... more
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A poem that trembles with cope
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How many of us need the line "You do not have to be good"?
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Read this as a teen and found it oddly comforting althoug... more
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Is there a better poem about human connection?
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I do
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I think of a line from this at least once a day