Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919 / Johnstown Center / Rock County / Wisconsin)

Absolutely true. My number one on the list.

So true. This should be higher up on the list!

When feeling alone,
Converse with a poem...

In response to J. Hays and Lori Smith.

I agree, the same applies to me. I may be surround by many people but none are truly my friends, I guess I'm all alone...

I was only the age of seven when my mother recited this poem to me. It was after a judo match. The poem has been by my bed for years. The poem has brought me back from self pity. It has saved me from committing sucide as my mother did.
Dearest mother why did you not remember the poem?

I learned this poem in the 80's and have not been able to 'forget' it. It says so much, and has inspired me to write a lot myself then, and now.

I bumped into this poem and i loved it since. it keeps me company when i'm feeling out there, alone, the title of the poem says it all.

Rest in peace Richard Jeni

This poem is so deep and so real...'They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.' I don't think I could've put it better myself.

i will always remember these lines;

laugh and the world laughs with you
weep and you weep alone