About Poetry

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?

-Dead Poets Society 

I have been nominated for the 3 days 3 quote challenge by Mon from Transcend.

Today is Day 2 and today’s quote is about what poetry really is. To Robin Williams and to the Dead Poets Society.

Nominations for Day 2 are:
Erika 
Ashish 
Himanshu 

I hope you enjoyed reading the quote.

-Kritika Vashist