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A Personal Favourite by Frost
I LOVE poetry; I always have. When I did my student teaching MANY years ago, poetry was my favourite section to teach. I had considered a career in Middle Grades Education (with concentrations in English and Science) but allowed my fears of being fired or "blackballed" for being a transman to end this dream. There are several poets that I adore, but my favourite is likely Robert Frost. Ten points if you can also guess the '80's movie where this poem was featured in a tearful ending by one of the dying main characters.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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"There never was any heart truly great and generous,
that was not also tender and compassionate."
Robert Frost
Last edited by s0litude; 03-08-2013 at 02:46 PM.
Reason: Perfectionist tendencies
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