Hi, and welcome to my blog for 565A. For some reason, my favourite poem has been in my head all morning and I wanted to share it. The poem is “The road not taken” by Robert Frost. I’m sure most of you know the end of the famous last stanza:
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
Photo by ReneS
When I learned this poem in school, it stuck with me and has served as a metaphor for many parts of my life. Sometimes I take the less traveled and sometimes the well worn route. But whichever way I go, I know that I am making my own choices and going the way that seems right for me at the time. I’m happy to be part of this course because I think that it will allow me the freedom to follow the educational path that is best for me, the one that I need to be on at the moment. So, happy travels everyone, I look forward to meeting up with you on our learning paths.
Welcome to the course! Nice job on the setup of your site!
It’s nice to feel that way isn’t it. I figure that it’s better than feeling like Lawrence Ferlinghetti who, in “Constantly Risking Absurdity,” compared his role as a poet to an acrobat
who must perforce perceive
taut truth
before the taking of each stance or step
in his supposed advance
toward that still higher perch
where Beauty stands and waits
with gravity
to start her death-defying leap
And he
a little charleychaplin man
who may or may not catch
her fair eternal form
spreadeagled in the empty air
of existence