What is a good poem to use for an American Dream speech about not living for yourself/helping others?
What is a good poem to use for an American Dream speech about not living for yourself/helping others?
I’m doing a speech about not living for yourself. I have a poem in mind…The World and I by Laura Riding. I’m not sure if it fits, though. Are there any other poems I could use?
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Answer by reilly
1 Corinthians. 13:4-13
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, but the greatest of these is love.
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Corinthians is not a poem.
Well, an American poet would probably be best so I recommend Googling the greats: Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost etc. Having read the Laura Riding poem, it’s a great poem but I don’t know if it totally fits the topic of helping others.
If you wanted a helping others poem with a bit of a difference, may I suggest ‘Shovelling Snow With Buddha’ by Billy Collins? It’s a little bit off the wall but a great poem — plus, Billy Collins is one of the greatest living US poets and a former poet laureate. It’ll be something a bit different to the norm, the old greats… there’s a copy here:
http://plagiarist.com/poetry/814/
Hope that helps!