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Hi everyone,

 

This is a longshot, but I'm looking for some inspiration. I am a High School teacher and on Friday, we are burying a Time Capsule to celebrate our schools 50th anniversary.

 

I need to find a poem to be read out while the capsule is being lowered in to the ground... and I know nothing about poetry.

 

It could be on the theme of past memories or looking to the future, something positive that will inspire...

 

Any ideas? If you can't think of an actual poem, could you perhaps narrow the field by naming a poet?

 

Thank you for taking the time to read this, even if you can't help

 

:)

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Roses are red

Violets are blue

I love Coldplay

And so should you!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:sick: I'm sorry.. when you're on Coldplaying almost 24/7 you get auto-brainwashed to the point where you only know Coldplay-related stuff :(

 

I'll try to find something though!! :)

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Roses are red

Violets are blue

I love Coldplay

And so should you!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:sick: I'm sorry.. when you're on Coldplaying almost 24/7 you get auto-brainwashed to the point where you only know Coldplay-related stuff :(

 

I'll try to find something though!! :)

 

 

Wow Aleja... You're a pretty good poet :P

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I'm searching like mad but I still haven't found anything appropriate enough :( ..this is all I've found so far :confused:

 

The Past, Now and Future

 

the past is what makes me, me

the now is what i choose to be

the future is what i cant see

 

if i live in the past

the now wont last

the future comes fast

 

the past was bad

the now is sad

the future has to be glad

 

the past is over and gone

the now is here, so i go on

the future is soon to come

 

 

 

 

 

I'm still searching don't worry :lol:

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I'm not looking for anything epic! Short is fine, rhyming would be easier for the kids who will be reading it, but I'm open to any suggestions

 

:)

 

There once was a teacher from 'pool,

Who needed a poem for school.

It goes without saying she asked on Coldplaying

As the people on there are all cool!!:rolleyes:

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:cool:

 

 

On The Beach At Night Alone

 

 

On the beach at night alone,

As the old mother sways her to and fro singing her husky song,

As I watch the bright stars shining, I think a thought of the clef

of the universes and of the future.

 

A vast similitude interlocks all,

All spheres, grown, ungrown, small, large, suns, moons, planets,

All distances of place however wide,

All distances of time, all inanimate forms,

All souls, all living bodies though they be ever so different, or in

different worlds,

All gaseous, watery, vegetable, mineral processes, the fishes, the

brutes,

All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages,

All identities that have existed or may exist on this globe, or any

globe,

All lives and deaths, all of the past, present, future,

This vast similitude spans them, and always has spann'd,

And shall forever span them and compactly hold and enclose them.

 

-Walt Whitman

 

 

 

 

I'm not good at this :sick:

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i love walt whitman.... :) i actually live in the same town as he grew up in!

that's pretty amazing. is there anything there in his remembrance?

 

 

 

k here's another one..

 

Future is not a linear

Extrapolation of the present;

Unfamiliar terrains lie ahead

To traverse which a new kind of vehicle

We may have to invent.

 

New driving skills we may have to possess

And a new sense of direction as well,

For the road that stretches out before us

May lead us anytime into hell.

 

Future is not a fixed goal

Like a perceived destination,

For the road to future

May itself change directions

And lead us to a place

Unfound in our imagination.

 

Future is not something predictable

Like the snowfall occurring in winter;

It is a series of technological innovations

Which may benefit mankind,

Or result in unexpected disaster.

 

So let us not look at the future

With a preconceived notion,

But equip ourselves with a new vehicle

And a new kind of fuel

To reach the ever-changing destination.

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Your journey starts here it starts now

Your future is in your hands and know one shows you how

To make it, unfold, and have it turn out what you want it to be

Not anybody, not me

Talk it a step at a time

Even if your plans are stopped on a dime

Be careful, and listen, learn from your mistakes

Because one day you'll advance on the choices you make

Your future is here, your future is now

But don't worry, you'll show yourself how

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Future Thoughts

 

The future lies ahead just another day

Exciting if you can see the light.

 

Future Thoughts open up your eyes,

Except our faults for our

Mistakes and sorrows

 

All is known what happened yesterday,

Could be changed, by what we do today

 

All could be forgiven; we have that right,

 

The future of tomorrow is just a day away,

For all to share in every way. ,

 

For the most wonderful thing to remember

There is always hope for a new tomorrow.

 

-Charles Garcia

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Your journey starts here it starts now

Your future is in your hands and know one shows you how

To make it, unfold, and have it turn out what you want it to be

Not anybody, not me

Talk it a step at a time

Even if your plans are stopped on a dime

Be careful, and listen, learn from your mistakes

Because one day you'll advance on the choices you make

Your future is here, your future is now

But don't worry, you'll show yourself how

 

Who wrote that?

 

Aleja, are you some kind of poetry whizz, this is great stuff you're coming up with!

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that's pretty amazing. is there anything there in his remembrance?

 

 

Oh yeah... the house where he was born is now a museum. Also tons of places around town- my high school, the mall, roads, a park and stuff are all named after him. Whenever I read Leaves of Grass I totally picture this park in my town that's right around the area where he lived. :)

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Oh yeah... the house where he was born is now a museum. Also tons of places around town- my high school, the mall, roads, a park and stuff are all named after him. Whenever I read Leaves of Grass I totally picture this park in my town that's right around the area where he lived. :)

 

 

Do you have a photo?

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When You Are Old

 

by William Butler Yeats (W. B. Yeats)

 

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

 

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

 

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

 

 

 

Hmm... probably not quite what you were looking for, but interesting.

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