My Purchase

I recently bought The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry, arranged by Christopher Burns, for my Kindle. Included in the collection are poems by Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Carl Sagan, Emily Dickinson, and on and on and on. As my eyes scanned the extensive collection of works that spanned several different centuries, my heart fluttered in excitement. Here, before me, sitting in my hands, was a passport to so many different emotions and experiences and thoughts.
I could barely keep up with the words that were spilling over the pages. I love poetry because a good poem will mirror what you already feel inside yourself. I can relate to a poem about the ocean because I love the ocean. When couplets speak of the power of the ocean's waves, it is ever more powerful to me because I have seen those waves. The poems in the anthology cover so many topics.
Here is a sample of some of the titles, just for fun:
Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll
The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night, by Dylan Thomas
Paradoxes and Oxymorons, by John Ashbery
(Hint: These are some of my most favorite poems.)
I'll read a poem from The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry while I wait for my tea to brew. I'll read some poems when I should be working on chemistry problems. I'll read poetry while I jog on our treadmill. (And if I trip and fall on the rotating treadmill belt, I'll fall for poetry!)
This has been my favorite poem purchase so far. I think I'll go grab a poem right now.....