As with the author of this post, many poems speak to me. However, among my favourite poems is Ernest Christopher Dowson’s “They Are Not Long” which runs thus”:
“They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
Love and desire and hate:
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream”.
What is your favourite poem? When someone asks me that it’s a bit like asking me which one of my children I love the most…it changes every day (joke!).
In case you missed it World Poetry Day was Tuesday. I know poetry is not for everyone, but I find a comfort and pleasure in it I could never get from a book. In times of sadness certain poems salve my soul or give me the words a broken heart cannot express. The same is true for Love, happiness, friendship and parenthood.
I have many poetry books but my go to book is Daisy Goodwin’s ‘Poems To Last A Lifetime’. It’s a compilation of poetry covering life from birth to adolescence, first love, marriage, everlasting love, divorce and death, beautifully illustrated and edited. There is a poem for everyone in there and many I’d never heard of.
So tonight I’d like…
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K Morris - Poet 
Hmm a tough choice. I’ll have to get back to you on this.
Thank you for your comment. I will be interested to learn what your favourite poem is, but will understand if, on reflection you cant decide upon one. I must confess to smiling when I read books with titles such as “100 favourite poems”, as I wonder what criteria has been utilised to make such a determination. Kiplings’s “If” was once voted the UK’s favourite poem. While I enjoy much of Kipling’s poetry I certainly wouldn’t pick “If” as being his best poem. “Recessional” is, in my view a far better poem. Virus-free. http://www.avast.com