![]() ![]() I was going through a late teenage existential crisis, and questioning what the point of life was. Alfred Prufrock”’ at the impressionable age of 17. (They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)įor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin. ![]() My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, (They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”) With a bald spot in the middle of my hair. To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” ![]() We encourage you to share some of your favorite poems in the comments, and why they’ve meant so much to you. Join us as we appreciate the poems that have shaped us. So, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, we’ve come together to curate a list of a few of our favorite poems. Here at Polygon, we love the arts - not just the latest that television, games, and film have to offer, but any artform which brings us closer to understanding the lives and experiences of others and ourselves. National Poetry Month, established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, was created for the express purpose of reminding us of that fact. Poetry exists to communicate thoughts, feelings, hopes, and the depths of human experience otherwise rendered ineffable when pressed to conform to the shape of any other medium. From the sonnets of William Shakespeare to the writings of Walt Whitman and the rejuvenating words of Amanda Gorman, poetry is indelibly writ into the fabric of not only popular culture, but the practice of storytelling itself. ![]()
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