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My mother hung this poem over the bathroom in my house when i was a kid. I probably read it 1k times. Great stuff! Another excerpt of my favorite bathroom poem
by nichochar 5y ago
My mother hung this poem over the bathroom in my house when i was a kid. I probably read it 1k times. Great stuff!
Another excerpt of my favorite bathroom poems:
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
Poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
- elwell 5y agoThat poem reeks of selfish pride. To never cry aloud is not a virtue one should seek to attain.
- nichochar 5y agoI always interpreted it as something you summon in hardship. In those moments pride can be a savior (think depression, or recovering from a hard injury). I agree that depending on the context, it can be interpreted differently, and I also accept that poetry will not mean the same thing to everyone.
- elwell 5y agoFair enough; sorry if I was overly harsh.
- yeetaccount4 5y ago
- claviska 5y ago*please be neat
- yeetaccount4 5y agoI think you’re right. This made me see red as a young teen.
- adolph 5y agoMy favorites: 1. On the right side of the wall: “Ranger neck exercise—look left” On the left wall: “Look right” 2. “Ain’t no use in squatting, Texas crabs can jump ten feet” 3. On the toilet cover dispenser in Mt Enterprise, TX: “Party hats”
- chheplo 5y agoInvictus. That's my favorite poem.