Poem

An Education
by Jim Martin
he finally completed his degree
he was happy as he could be
he soon discovered
that in another program he should be

he thought that his choice has been wise

he therein did wrongly surmise
he now was learning
that for which he was yearning
had all along been in disguise

so a new course he'd now pursue

not exactly what he wished to do
he entered the fray
with little delay,
and embarked on a path totally new

he determined to give it his best

he aced every test
a scholar he'd be,
from learning he'd not flee
and discovered how richly he was blessed

Qustions:
1. what is the message given by the writer in
his poem?
2. what is your opinion about the poem
above??

Look to the future

Detach from the past
Let the people go
Start a new this time
Look to the future
Love like itll last
Dream like its forever
No move envy
Look to the future
Have the star life
Learn from others
Take it in
Look to the future
Be proud with yourself
No more lies
No more disguises
Look to the future
Solve the unresolved
Be someones firefly
Stop living for yourself
Look to the future
Be the person
You dream to be
Stop fantasizing
Look to the future
Its only gets brighter
From here on out
Detach from the past
Look to the future

Leah Harlow

About the Poem

I wrote this poem for my friend, Sara, because she was upset about being "different." Also for
everyone else who have been left out due to their "differences."

A Few Visitor Comments

leah

i really liked this poem because it sort of described me, and i can relate to the author. i wish more
people were like vincen, and didn't care about what people consider 'normal' and following the masses.

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Different
by Vincen Tabatha How are we so "different"?
If "different" is just a thing.
If we all have certain features,
What does "different" bring?

People filled with hatred,

Can't possibly see,
That there's not really "differences"
Between you and me.

Looks can't show "difference",

If they're just there to be seen.
If you don't look like someone else,
Why are they so mean?

If being "different" is what is wrong,

I'd rather not be right.
And I'd want to finish living,
Doing the "different" fight.

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 The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

There are a few more choice snippets from Shelleys 1821 essay, A Defence of Poetry, that
articulated the essence of poetry:

Poetry is indeed something divine. It is at once the centre and circumference of knowledge; it is
that which comprehends all science, and that to which all science must be referred. It is at the
same time the root and blossom of all other systems of thought; it is that from which all spring,
and that which adorns all; and that which, if blighted, denies the fruit and the seed, and withholds
from the barren world the nourishment and the succession of the scions of the tree of life. It is the
perfect and consummate surface and bloom of all things; it is as the odor and the color of the
rose to the texture of the elements which compose it, as the form and splendor of unfaded beauty
to the secrets of anatomy and corruption.
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.

Poetry, in a general sense, may be defined to be the expression of the imagination: and poetry
is connate with the origin of man.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would
contain it.

All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.

Key Difference: Poem is a piece of writing that has features of both speech and song, whereas the poetry
is the art of creating these poems. Poetry is also used to refer to poems collectively or as a genre of
literature.

You may remember kindergarten poems or nursery poems as your first encounter with poems.
They are written in metrical rhythmical lines. These poems of kindergarten are simple, mostly
funny, and are generally taught by singing. Most of the times, for children it is easy to
understand the message through a poem rather than a text. Poems are not only limited to these
childhood memories, but they cover vast spectrum of styles, genre and other complex
ingredients. A poem can be described as something made or created. A poem consists of
grouping of words known as stanzas.

Poetry is a word of Greek origin meaning to make, to create. Poetry can be understood by
saying that it is an art of composing the poems. It is referred as an art because poems are used for
communicating beautiful, imaginative or elevated thoughts. Now to understand the relationship
of poem with the poetry, we can consider an analogy. Consider a relationship between pottery
and the pots made by a potter. A potter makes various kinds of pots. The pottery is considered to
be an art of making pots. Similarly, a poet composes poems and the art of making these poems is
known as poetry. Earlier Greeks mostly used poetry for the celebration of their heroes. For
example, the earliest known Western poetry consists of the Iliad and the Odyssey famous poems.
We can also say that poetry is an art of creating poems and poems are obtained as a result of
poetry. Sometimes poetry is also used to describe a group of poems, which may or may not be
related by theme, author, or style. Poetry in English and other modern European languages often
uses rhyme. Poetry consists of elements like imagery, diction, sound, metaphor and theme.

As poetry is a word of Greek origin meaning to make, to create, a poem can be described as
something made or created. As both refer to rhythmical composition that is written or spoken
for communicating beautiful, imaginative or elevated thoughts, they are used in the same
context; poetry as art of creating poems and poem as a result of poetry. A poem comes out as a
literary creation made from arrangements of words forming rhythmical lines. A poem can also be
described as a composition written in metrical feet with elements like meaning and music. Poems
can be found in these three main genres of poetry: lyric, narrative, and dramatic. Poetry is also
used to describe a group of poems, which may or may not be related by theme, author, or style.

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