frankie Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) I was watching In Her Shoes, the movie, for the third time and, as always, was touched by this poem that one of the characters reads to an old patient. It's so beautiful I thought I'd post it here. One Art The art of losing isn't hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is no disaster.Lose something every day. Accept the flusterof lost door keys, the hour badly spent.The art of losing isn't hard to master.Then practice losing farther, losing faster:places, and names, and where it was you meantto travel. None of these will bring disaster.I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, ornext-to-last, of three loved houses went.The art of losing isn't hard to master.I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gestureI love) I shan't have lied. It's evidentthe art of losing's not too hard to masterthough it may look like (Write it!) like a disaster. ~~ by Elizabeth Bishop Edited April 28, 2013 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicola8989 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 I love this poem so much, heart-breaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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