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spiderpig

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12. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:47 AM
Dec 2017

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.

What is your favourite poem???? [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2017 OP
a Dog Named Beau...by Jimmy Stewart.. samnsara Dec 2017 #1
Current favorite: one from Naomi Shihab Nye, a prose poem mpcamb Dec 2017 #2
Just lovely. redwitch Dec 2017 #4
Naomi is a gem! LeftInTX Dec 2017 #43
For Then Xipe Totec Dec 2017 #3
Variations of the Word Sleep by Margaret Atwood Callalily Dec 2017 #5
Portrait d'une Femme -- Ezra Pound Zorro Dec 2017 #6
One of my favorites: Pendrench Dec 2017 #7
My two favorites are The Raven and The Wreck Of The Hesperus Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #8
Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why) demmiblue Dec 2017 #9
"The Second Coming" malthaussen Dec 2017 #10
That's mine, too. It's kind of hair-raising. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #21
Victor Hugo Evergreen Emerald Dec 2017 #11
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost spiderpig Dec 2017 #12
I like that one too n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2017 #38
It has a special meaning for me. spiderpig Dec 2017 #40
The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, TS Eliot... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #13
Yes! Love Eliot KatyMan Dec 2017 #29
Love Eliot...my favorite is The Hallow Men Docreed2003 Dec 2017 #31
The Burning of the Leaves, Laurence Binyon sarge43 Dec 2017 #14
Not sure why this immediately popped into my mind as there are many, but here it is: elleng Dec 2017 #15
This one sticks with me. (Yeats, yearning, I think for his lost love.) Demoiselle Dec 2017 #16
Donald Trump Is An Ugly Dumb Phony red dog 1 Dec 2017 #17
Masterful!! kairos12 Dec 2017 #24
You're too kind red dog 1 Dec 2017 #41
Annabel Lee kairos12 Dec 2017 #18
Too many to list. GoneOffShore Dec 2017 #19
The Iliad shenmue Dec 2017 #20
Kipling - IF bluecollar2 Dec 2017 #22
To Those I Love Skittles Dec 2017 #23
Plath's Elm: "I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out, looking, with its hooks..." NNadir Dec 2017 #25
simplistic, but I adore these handmade34 Dec 2017 #26
Rain, by Edward Thomas BeyondGeography Dec 2017 #27
Perhaps especially appropriate this week - The Cremation of Sam McGee sl8 Dec 2017 #28
Another favorite from Robert W. Service... SeattleVet Dec 2017 #37
Excellent, thank you! sl8 Dec 2017 #48
The Great Figure KatyMan Dec 2017 #30
Edgar Albert Guest left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #32
To Autumn LWolf Dec 2017 #33
Ozymandias JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #34
One more Frost hermetic Dec 2017 #35
There Once Was a Hermit Named Dave. Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #36
There are too many to name, but here is one: panader0 Dec 2017 #39
Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen SwissTony Dec 2017 #42
Poker Star - A Poem by Richard Brautigan red dog 1 Dec 2017 #44
Cow poetry DiverDave Dec 2017 #45
Lots, but here's one suitable for the time of year LeftishBrit Dec 2017 #46
That brings to mind a Dylan song_ mpcamb Dec 2017 #47
Evolution, by Langdon Smith SeattleVet Dec 2017 #49
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