your favorite Poem...

**Beautiful_Loser** · 08-11-2006, 10:49 PM

Post them here. Mine is "advice to a Girl" by sara Teasdale.

No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
This truth, this hard and precious stone,
Lay it on your hot cheek,
Let it hide your tear.
Hold it like a crystal
When you are alone
And gaze in the depths of the icy stone.
Long, look long and you will be blessed:
No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed.

**Tsukasa** · 08-12-2006, 01:25 PM

Mine would have to be "Proof", I don't remember who wrote it but it's short yet nice and true. Another favorite of mine is "Fields of Strength" by Marie Paradise

Quote:

Proof
To prove your love,
There are no words

To prove your love,
there are no songs

No laughter on Earth,
No birds in the sky

To prove your love,
only God explains why

Quote:

Fields of Strength
Whenever my journey gets hard to bear
to fields I go to meet you there

The holy psalms I shall recount
my horse of courage I shall mount

My journey through this land gets longer
my hunger for your home gets stronger

when hills to climb get only steeper
my love for you gets only deeper

I shall not stray nor lose my course
with rein in hand, i'll guide my horse
to fields of good and plenty be
these fields, the ones you promised me
are void of enemies and grief
these fields supply me with relief

I mount my horse, I'm on my way
and in your fields, my lord, i'll stay

**Beautiful_Loser** · 08-18-2006, 06:53 AM

I love the second post and I think I'll look up some of Marie Paradise's other poems.

Oh, and to anyone else who wants to post a poem but can't find it here's a great website.
http://www.poemhunter.com/