Friday, August 20, 2021

"Life Is What We Make It" by Edgar Albert Guest [Powerful Life Poetry]

 

Life Is What We Make It

 

Life is a jest;

Take the delight of it.

Laughter is best;

Sing through the night of it.

Swiftly the tear

And the hurt and the ache of it

Find us down here;

Life must be what we make of it.

 

Life is a song;

 

Dance to the thrill of it.

Grief's hours are long,

And cold is the chill of it.

Joy is man's need;

Let us smile for the sake of it.

This be our creed:

Life must be what we make of it.

 

Life is a soul;

The virtue and vice of it,

 

Strife for a goal,

And man's strength is the price of it.

Your life and mine,

The bare bread and the cake of it

End in this line:

Life must be what we make of it.



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music


Poem Video👇

https://youtu.be/jVkvLPlI8zA





Who wrote the poem "Life Is What We Make It"?

Edgar Albert Guest (August 20, 1881 ~ August 5, 1959)

Edgar Albert Guest was a Britishborn American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century. He wrote 11,000 poems which were syndicated in 300 newspapers. He became known as the People's Poet because his poems were easy to read and had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life with such themes as family, work, children, and God.



"Life Is What We Make It" explanation

In our life, there are both positive things and negative things. We can either focus on positive things and keep moving forward or be frustrated by various obstacles and adversities. The poem teaches us that it is up to us to choose the path.


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