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Heredity
By Thomas Hardy What I like about this is Hardy pays homage to his past and looks to the future. We all carry our heritage with us, it never leaves us. Poignant. https://allpoetry.com/poem/15768192-Heredity-by-Thomas-Hardy-by-Cecelia-Cran
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The Crunch
By Charles Bukowski There are three versions of this, each slightly different, with the main theme of life and how people’s behaviour affects and impacts on everything. There are of course the usual Bukowski observations, which are unique and gaudy. I like it, it holds a mirror to the world – a side some shy…
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The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost This poem is probably well known to most, it’s simplicity and tongue in cheek is charming. It can be interpreted however you like, what I feel it says is that we all make choices in life and having that choice is something to cherish, making a decision depends on how you feel…
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Defeat
By Kahlil Gibran This poem is such a powerful piece, it says that sometimes we learn more about ourselves and the world when we lose than when we win. And losing is not always a negative but can be a positive experience. I really like it. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58713/defeat-56d23d566b4c3
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Solaris (1972)
‘See, I love you. But love is a feeling we can experience but never explain. One can explain the concept. You love that which you can lose: Yourself, a woman, a homeland. Until today, love was simply unattainable to mankind, to the earth. Maybe we are here to experience people as a reason for love.’…