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One single line of poetry....

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Clawdy · 26/06/2015 15:26

that stays with you? Not necessarily your favourite poem but sometimes just one line....for me it's " What will survive of us is love " from the Philip Larkin poem.

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KateSMumsnet · 26/06/2015 15:50

I have measured out my life in coffee spoons - Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock, T. S. Eliot.

PollyCazaletWannabe · 26/06/2015 15:50

This is the way the world ends:
Not with a bang, but a whimper.

sausagechops101 · 26/06/2015 15:47

An earthquake tremor: fountain, birds and grass
Were shaken by my thinking of your name.

elderflowerlemonade · 26/06/2015 15:44

That everything would go back as it was.

Ledare · 26/06/2015 15:43

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep.

Three lines, one sentence Smile

SevTSnape · 26/06/2015 15:38

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

something2say · 26/06/2015 15:33

Your children are not your children, but the children of life's longing for life..

GoodGriefTheComediansABear · 26/06/2015 15:32

"A four foot box, a foot for every year."

Upsetting but unforgettable (the box is coffin). Seamus Heaney Mid-Term Break

shouldnthavesaid · 26/06/2015 15:32

'What a thrill, my thumb instead of an onion.'

Cut, Sylvia Plath

Caught my breath the first time I read it as it was the first time I found someone who's mind was so confused that they found a perverse enjoyment in hurting themselves, someone who might even do it deliberately as opposed to accidentally. Someone who was like myself, at the time. I owe a lot to that woman, her poetry and writing was a bit of a lifeline at times as I felt less strange.