A plethora of amazing poems out there, so hard to pick one. However, when I read the question, something that instantly popped in my mind was this one by Robert Frost, Stopping By Woods.
I guess simply because of these two lines from the poem, that I feel is quite resonant and I keep these words close for some reason lol.
"But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep." Something about these words is both hard hitting and calming. Something to hold ourselves accountable with and have the validation that, there's time and we can be at our pace. ❤
I absolutely love poetry! As an extremely indecisive person, I find it very, very hard to pick just one favorite poem, but I'm really excited to see what the others pick. I'll definitely be coming back and reading all of those haha
I don't have a favorite poem (though Kipling's If is great), but I do have a favorite poet: Charles Bukowski.
He was a keen observer of the human condition, particularly in a socially atomized urban environment like Los Angeles in the late 60's through the early 2000's. Brilliant guy, who never pretended to be anything other than what he was.