people & poems

"Franny to Lane: "If you're a poet, you do something beautiful. I mean you're supposed to leave something beautiful after you get off the page and everything."" ~Franny Glass (Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger)

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?"
~John Keating (played by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society)

it's so enjoyable to meet new people and connect with them because of a common interest. it's so lovely to talk all night with a good friend. it's so wonderful to read a book, or watch a movie and become intimately involved with the characters, to hear their voice, to know their person.

we can learn so much from each other, gain so much insight, laugh and cry...really experience something beautiful.

words offer us something beautiful. words can create the basis of our connections to each other.