Favorite Poems

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People often have favorite poems. They carry a copy of their favorite poem in their wallets or hang a copy on the wall in their bedroom.  Some people even memorize their favorite poems.

Why do people have favorite poems?  I think it's because poems feel personal.  Poets use words that help us see, hear and feel their experiences, so we feel them too.  And maybe, it's an experience or feeling that you share but didn't know how to express. The poem feels like it is about your life and your experiences.

At the website  Favorite Poems Project You can listen to videos of different people reading and discussing their favorite poems.  Such as the video by  a Chinese-American teenager from Georgia named Yina Liang.  She talks about her favorite poem, #288  I'm Nobody!  Who are you? By Emily Dickinson.  Yina describes the pressure of being a teenager and feeling like everyone wants her to be somebody and that's why she feels a connection to this poem because sometimes she wants to be a nobody. 
    
Do you have a favorite poem?  Tell me about it in the comments.

Featured Poet - Robert Frost

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American Poet Robert Frost lived over 100 years ago in the North East part of America called New England. He wrote many poems about this part of the United States.  One of the poems he is most famous for is The Road Not Taken.  Click on the title to read and hear an audio of
this poem.


President John F. Kennedy said this about Robert Frost, "He has bequeathed his nation a
body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding."