tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post390568921616219775..comments2023-09-28T04:31:56.852-06:00Comments on TravelinOma: Love LanguageTravelin'Omahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415472674768977723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-11583742851526839742012-01-28T08:22:35.562-07:002012-01-28T08:22:35.562-07:00My sister and I used to memorize poems for fun and...My sister and I used to memorize poems for fun and recite them to each other while we were doing the dishes. We started off with Robert Louis Stevenson and moved on to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson. We tried the longer poems like "Casey at the Bat," "Little Orphant Annie" and "Annabelle Lee" as well as "The Highwayman." I don't know that we ever mastered the longer ones, but we could recite long chunks, and it was fun to try.Susan Adcoxhttp://grandparents.about.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-2043703291331448842012-01-26T09:00:38.221-07:002012-01-26T09:00:38.221-07:00Oh, I love them. Like, you have to read them with...Oh, I love them. Like, you have to read them with a reverential tone. My favorite from The Road Not Taken is<br /><i>And both that morning equally lay<br /> In leaves no step had trodden black.<br /> Oh, I kept the first for another day!<br /> Yet knowing how way leads on to way,<br /> I doubted if I should ever come back.</i><br />Makes you really think about your decisions, no?Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182935708887909254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-225479516903532892012-01-26T01:05:35.759-07:002012-01-26T01:05:35.759-07:00i always think people who know poems by heart are ...i always think people who know poems by heart are so smart! (like you, mart!) president monson always weaves them into his talks, which i love! <br /><br />thanks for teaching me wynken, blynken and nod. i say it to myself (and try to remember the words) all the time!martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027406340527614561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-51431467744708287152012-01-25T09:45:56.523-07:002012-01-25T09:45:56.523-07:00Lots of my favs here!!! Obviouly we ate of a certa...Lots of my favs here!!! Obviouly we ate of a certain age because I had to memorize a lot, too!! I can still recite the Gettysberg Address and most of the many poems I was required to learn. My favorite? The last verse from William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis" -- an assignment from my Dad . . .<br /><br /><br />"So live, that when thy summons comes to join <br />The innumerable caravan which moves <br />To that mysterious realm, where each shall take <br />His chamber in the silent halls of death, <br />Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, <br />Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed <br />By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave <br />Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch <br />About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-60075576046198757162012-01-24T19:50:09.504-07:002012-01-24T19:50:09.504-07:00As a teacher (of 9th grade English, to boot!) I so...As a teacher (of 9th grade English, to boot!) I so appreciate this post! What lovely thoughts... and I love Invictus!Heather Scott Partingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010553024593582699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-20482661422185694892012-01-24T18:47:30.418-07:002012-01-24T18:47:30.418-07:00Someone made that difference in my son-in-law'...Someone made that difference in my son-in-law's life, and our whole family has been blessed by it. Now my grandchildren are memorizing poems - individually, and as a family.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405496874813879203noreply@blogger.com