Poetry Ideas

As John Keating points out, "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."

Here is a miscellanea of poems, prose, thoughts and other literary works that I came up with. May these ideas lead you to a nostalgic epiphany and unleash your inner Shakespeare...