Sunday, March 6, 2011

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both"

I feel like there is a Robert Frost poem for every phase of my life.

Leaving New York, it was “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Currently, I have drawn much comfort from the poem “The Road Not Taken.” A beautiful and very popular (and possibly over quoted) poem, it describes something universal to human nature: facing a difficult decision in which both paths are appealing, and neither choice is “wrong.” At least, that's what it meant to me. I literally kept it up on my browser at home and work for about a week - I needed this poem!

I wonder what poem will describe the next phase of my life. Something cheerful, I hope. And since it looks like I might be in Florida for a bit, it probably won’t be “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy evening.” :-)

Shall I check out a book of Robert Frost poetry from the library? Why yes, yes I shall. Oh how I love the library, where I am able to indulge my ever changing whims without cost or judgment.

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