Poetry has always been something that I can rely on. When I was going through something that I could not put into words, poetry and music were always there to do it for me and they became my escape. Being in college has been one of the best experiences of my life but also one of the worst. I have truly found myself in who I am when no one is looking but sometimes I'm still not sure who that person is. I feel like this struggle is one of the many struggles that college students undergo, and poetry will always be there, whether it is to relate to or to feel uplifted to.

1. "pity this busy manunkind" -e.e cummings

"Progress is a comfortable disease"
"Listen- there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go"

2. "I Think I Should Have Loved You Presently" -Edna St Vincent

"Cherish no less the certain stakes I gained
And walk your memory's halls, austere, supreme
A ghost in marble of a girl you knew
Who would love you in a day or two."

3. "Thy fingers make early flowers of" -e.e cummings

"(though love be a day
and life be nothing, it shall not stop kissing)."

4. "Letting Go" -unknown

"To let go is not to regret the past,
but to grow and live for the future.
To let go is to fear less and love more."

5. "& it was almost good enough" -Amanda Lovelace

"when I had
no friends
i reached inside
my beloved
books
& sculpted some
out of
12 pt
times new roman.
- & it was almost good enough