Favourite Poems Options

[Diamandis]

Although personally I'm not a huge fan of poetry, there are a few that get to me.

My signature, for example is a poem called 'I Do Not Weep' by Mary E Fry. I heard it on a episode of Desperate Housewives once and I fell in love with it. Seeing as it's the anniversary of my nan's passing today, the poem always makes me think of her.

My siggy is a shortened version, but the full version is:

"Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight.
I am in the starshine of the night.

I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in everything.

Do not stand at my grave & cry,
I am not there, I did not die."

Do you guys have any poems, even ones written by yourself or others, that you'd like to share?

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Maxims for the Misguided (Original post Here)

I. Most people would rather starve
for what isn’t theirs than care
about what they already have,
choosing to waste their lives
wishing for what
they don’t.

II. A tadpole
whose legs
never grow
won’t miss what it’s like
to hop.

III. There’s a darkness between
the stars and it wants to
swallow you
whole, but
you can still see
the moon
almost every single night.

IV. While the sun melts
the snow to let the flowers grow,
a man
burns the
haystack
in search of a
needle.

V. And the salmon
never
stops
fighting
the current.