Showing posts with label Personal Literary Essay (final revised). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Literary Essay (final revised). Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2018

Wrapping My Head around Poetic Media (Revised)
















While I must admit that poetry has not always played a large role in inspiring or motivating my life, there are some notable exceptions. When I first began to be interested in poetry, I was introduced mainly through religious sources, like hymns, scriptures, and occasionally general conference talks. The most notable, or the one that had the greatest impact on me, was quoted at the end of a talk by Boyd K. Packer in October, 2009.

“With thoughtless and impatient hands,

We tangle up the plans the Lord has wrought,

And when we cry in pain He saith,

‘Be quiet, Man, while I untie the knot.’”

-Author Unkown


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