Motivational Poster Thread (warning content)

"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

- Dylan Thomas

 

One of the few poems I enjoy.

I think coming from straight speaking folk, I just don't "get" so many of them.

 

It fits the group of old guys I am a part of. We call ourselves 'The Curmudgeons'.

 

nor would I care to even listen to that 'music'.

Rock out to this - Tine Thing Helseth: Haydn Trumpet Concerto, 3rd mvt (youtube.com)

 

Mr. Sowell was absolutely right.