John Keating: We
don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because
we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.
And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and
necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we
stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions
of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled
with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you
are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and
you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play "goes on" and you may
contribute a verse. What will
your verse be?
em Clube dos
Poetas Mortos (Dead Poets Society)
de Peter Weir (19889).
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