Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged George Linnaeus Banks, My Journal, Philosophy, Poems, Poetry, Quotes, What I Live For on April 21, 2012| 9 Comments »
| I live for those who love me, | |
| For those who know me true, | |
| For heaven that smiles above me, | |
| And waits my spirit too; | |
| For the cause that lacks assistance, | |
| For the wrong that needs resistance, | |
| For the future in the distance, | |
| And the good that I can do. | |
| — Written by: George Linnaeus Banks | |
| (for the full poem: click here) | |
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Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, tagged George Linnaeus Banks, If, My Journal, Philosophy, Poems, Rudyard Kipling, What I Live For on February 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
| When I was growing up, I knew of two “British” poems which seemed forever to bounce around in the back of my head as challenges – gauntlets thrown down at the foot of destiny. (I blame it on growing up in Kennedy’s “Camelot” – whether real or imagined…) The two poems were “If“, by Rudyard Kipling, and “What I Live For” by George Linnaeus Banks. | |
| I’ve had “If” posted on my poems page for sometime now. I stumbled upon Banks’ poem today, so now, I’ve posted it as well. | |
| I don’t know if all young boys think about growing up to be a man (“If” is nothing, if not a test for manhood) and what kind of man they’d want to be, but I certainly did. I guess it comes from reading too many super-hero comics when growing up… | |
| Anyway, read and enjoy!! | |
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