Most Meaningful Poems

I found this collection from my desk at Kizaki Junior High School while I was in Japan in 2008. I was bored, bored, bored as I often was in those days. I would spend hours reading the New York Times in between my classes. The day I found this article I hit pay-dirt. The reader comments came with the tagline: "What poem has made a difference in your life?" Almost 300 comments/poems and I sat that entire afternoon and just delved into the commentary. I remember reaching "Invictus" and tears springing to my eyes. I still can't read that post without a similar reaction. I discovered poems from this collection that, to this day, are treasured favorites of mine. Please, I encourage you to spend some time with this selection.