Discussion Your favourite Poem

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  1. Darkcrow.

    Darkcrow. Foul Tarnished

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    As the title says, what's your favourite Poem.

    Mine is.




    Time is endless in thy hands, my lord.
    There is none to count thy minutes.

    Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers.
    Thou knowest how to wait.

    Thy centuries follow each other perfecting a small wild flower.

    We have no time to lose,

    and having no time we must scramble for a chance.
    We are too poor to be late.

    And thus it is that time goes by
    while I give it to every querulous man who claims it,
    and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last.

    At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut;
    but I find that yet there is time
     
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  2. Frozen ink

    Frozen ink Legally had harem『Cathulu』Power of Love & Evil』

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    the fact that this is a legitimate poem is amazing
     
  3. SassyCanoeWizard

    SassyCanoeWizard Allure of the unknown

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    Raven, Poe
     
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    Nightow1 Well-Known Member

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    If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
    Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
    So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
    And wait for supports like a soldier.
    Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .

    When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
    And the women come out to cut up what remains,
    Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
    An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
    Go, go, go like a soldier,
    Go, go, go like a soldier,
    Go, go, go like a soldier,
    So-oldier of the Queen!
     
  5. All The Wrong Novels

    All The Wrong Novels Well-Known Member

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    If we're not limited to short poems and can mention epic/narrative poems as well, mine is probably Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, an alliterative poem in a Northwestern dialect of middle English, its not fully understandable to modern ears, but there's enough clear parts. You can listen to a sample reading of part of the poem here.

    If anyone is interested in experiencing the whole poem, I highly recommend grabbing the Bill Wallis reading of the audiobook and listening along while reading a prose translation. (His recording also includes his reading of a modern poetic translation).
     
  6. GoneGretel

    GoneGretel Sequence 8: Student of Ratiocination

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    If by Rudyard Kipling
     
  7. Lazriser

    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Poem's poet?
     
  8. Darkcrow.

    Darkcrow. Foul Tarnished

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    Rabindranath Tagore
     
  9. PomeloCloud

    PomeloCloud We all need to pass the hydration test

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    The very first poem I memorized as a child is my favorite :blobsmilehappyeyes:

    The Little Plant

    In the heart of a seed,
    Buried deep, so deep,
    A dear little plant
    Lay fast asleep.

    Wake! said the sunshine,
    And creep to the light
    Wake! said the voice
    Of the raindrops bright.

    The little plant heard
    And rose up to see
    What the wonderful outside
    World might be.



    K.L.Brown
     
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  10. Shirayuki..

    Shirayuki.. 〖13th Princess Of Chaos♡〗〖Your Oneesan :3〗

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    To keep your marriage brimming
    With love in the loving cup,
    Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
    Whenever you’re right, shut up.
    pfft
     
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  11. Darkcrow.

    Darkcrow. Foul Tarnished

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    :hmm:
     
  12. Shirayuki..

    Shirayuki.. 〖13th Princess Of Chaos♡〗〖Your Oneesan :3〗

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    why? fufufu~
     
  13. Darkcrow.

    Darkcrow. Foul Tarnished

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    Seems like an extremely good advice.
     
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  14. Shirayuki..

    Shirayuki.. 〖13th Princess Of Chaos♡〗〖Your Oneesan :3〗

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    ohoho glad to be of help ≡(*′▽`)っ
     
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    I almost agreed with the poem until I saw the last line. I call bullshit on that.

    :blob_plusone::hmm:.....:blobneutral:
     
  16. Shirayuki..

    Shirayuki.. 〖13th Princess Of Chaos♡〗〖Your Oneesan :3〗

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    hehe just for fun~ Take it lightly~
     
  17. Kadmos1

    Kadmos1 Well-Known Member

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    The Odyssey and the Iliad.
     
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    AryaX Less-Known Member

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    Don't know about favorites as I either don't know or remember (m)any poems...

    But... I remember something from one Babylon5 episode...

    Though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven,
    that which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time
    and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
     
  19. Chuki Yuuki

    Chuki Yuuki *lags in reading but keep farming in games*

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    I discovered mine during HS when we are learning sonnets and poetry, it's one of the poems in our book. Similarly, this is also our English teacher's favorite and she also discovered it in her HS days xD

    How Do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
    My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
    For the ends of being and ideal grace.
    I love thee to the level of every day’s
    Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
    I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
    I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
    I love thee with the passion put to use
    In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
    I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
    With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
    Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
    I shall but love thee better after death.

    My heart just melted yet again. I'm really a romantic at heart T^T
     
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  20. Zeusomega

    Zeusomega M.D of Olympus Pvt Ltd. Seeking [Boltzmann brain]

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    Trickle trickle trickle,
    Down pours its drops;

    From one leaf to another,
    Down pours its drops;

    Fickle in its feet, supple in its light,
    Down pours its drops;

    Wet and alone, scared and foregone;
    Oh trickle, mother has left and world has stopped why do you trickle still?
     
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