Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Sindhuja, I love this poem too!! Robert Frost isn't it? Yeah the toughest decision one can make in life is to take the road less traveled by!!
Many a time the safest road need not be the best road, the one less travelled the better road. Very nice Regards, Lakshmi Bhat
My favorite poem depends on what I am feeling. If feeling particularly Buddhist, I'd immerse myself in Eliot and his brown gods, his melancholic 'I've measured out my life with coffee spoons' and his Fischer kings. There is a calm serenity when I read him. If feeling anxious, I'd read Derek Walcott's Love After Love... which is a reminder everyone needs. If feeling vindictive, well... then there's slam poetry... which deserves a piece of my soul too. Warning: crude language, but it gets the message across and is a powerful performance.
Bura jo dekhne me chala| Bura na miliya koi|| Jo dil khoja apna| Mujhsa bura na koi || -Kabirdas Had this poem in 7th and the only poem which i couldnt forget till date due to the solid explanation given by my teacher!