Sad Poems for Sorrowful Times

A powerful collection of solemn poems to reflect on.
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Read by James Smillie, Dave Luukkonen and Shane Morris
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Content of this video:
0:00 - When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats
1:37 - The Rainy Day by H. W Longfellow
3:34 - When I Have Fears by John Keats
5:12 - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
7:05 - No More A-Roving by Lord Byron
8:06 - Alone by Edgar Alan Poe

[douglaskoleen]

"Lord forgive my little jokes I play on Thee, and I'll forgive the great big one you played on me." RFrost.

[monroeleersa]

And suddenly my day got better😩. Thank you redfrost🙏🏽

[steveelliott]

Poor Poe. You would love to give him a hug and tell him it will be alright. Such depression must be unbearable.

[christabrewster]

I love how peots like Edgar talk of nature so much.

[valdirbergamobergamo]

There is a Kind of secret, obscure, Melancholic, and wonderful magic in These words. The narration only contributes to it.
Excellent!!!! 🤗

[shiannewebb]

The poems are beautiful and the voice is calming. It’s like a beautiful song playing in my ears as I lay asleep.

[Diana-gtrv]

These poems are really beautiful and I like them all.
My favourite here is from Robert Frost, The road not taken: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the difference.”

[Starfox]

Anyone else notice how young so many of these poets were when they died.

[elielben-dan]

The last battle that we fight in our lives is irrelevancy in old age. It’s worse than having nothing on your slate but waiting for the grave.
In juxtaposition to what I just said is our four-generational household, where everyone, from five to ninety, is intertwined in a thriving weaving of love, caring and delight.

[gabicreightonbooksetc.]

The “Sad Poems For Sorrowful Times” collection is sadly beautiful,
From the weight of its words, my heart is full.
Dwelling in this mood can lead to deep melancholy,
I kid you not, that’s no folly.
Dark. Depressing. Dreary. Haunting. Mournful.

[pradipbera]

My bad luck I found your poem now and I listened from deep of my heart. It's touched me, melted me in thoughts!
Love from my small town in India.

[marjutpaech]

Relax ... the quieter you are, the more you can hear, feel and above all understand the wisdom of life's meanings ...

[eiseneuter]

Poe is a class above everyone else. Truly a master.

[MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-]

“If you choose philosophy, be prepared from the beginning that many people will ridicule you, will mock you, and will say ‘suddenly he returns to us as a philosopher’ and ‘where does that frown on us come from?’. Don’t frown: but hold on to those things that seem best to you, as you are stationed on this post by God. And remember that if you are persistent in these things, then the people that ridiculed you earlier will admire you later. But if you give in to them, you will receive twice the ridicule.” Epictetus

[libertytreebud]

Why do I weep listening to these poems? 🌼 Thank you for sharing 🕊️

[eduardovieira]

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MAGICAL POETRY🏆
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ONE BIG LOVE🙏
REST IN PEACE POWER AND LOVE. GOD BLESS.

[nathanhall]

The great irony of "The Road Not Taken" is that Frost never had any intention of its meaning being more than a lighthearted jab at a friend's indecisiveness. It's also been speculated that the poem contributed to his friend's untimely death.

[NoRetreatNoSurrender]

Lonely I looked through the wind and rain and there's I stood with my far share of pain but as I looked on the sky began to get bright and how much I dreaded the loveless of the night all tho I'm down today I stood high to say I'm still here strong and wise and the lack of love is what i dispise

[refreshlife]

Your voice is healing my soul... You rock! Thank you!

[nugusukasa]

We should all be grateful to a degree that we live in the 21 century... this poet's lived a hard and short life.