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?
>>223195382He used to be a member of the human race. Not anymore.
>>223195382I have a personal intense dislike of Dead Poets Society.
>>223195536why
>>223195542We all know some dumb girl that got a carpe diem tattoo.
>>223195542That other Anon isn't me. It's a bunch of Boomer-brained bullshit about not applying yourself and working hard in your younger years because things will work out anyways. Funny enough, that only seems to have been true for one generation in history.
Robin Williams died while jerking himself off with his neck tied to his doorknob, he then became a Better Man.
>>223195590>implying boomers didn't have to walk for miles barefeet both ways to school and their job interviewszoomers and millennials should be pulling themselves up by their bootstraps instead of being bitter losers
Woke bullshit. Ban it all and regulate entertainment so I don't have to hear this trash.
>>223195562You think carpe diem is a Dead Poets Society reference?
>>223196548Well, enjoy the alternative
