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Question

I need help finding something good to read for my oral interp for speech. it has to be serious and good. any good personal poems? famous poems? it has to be 3-5 minutes long. thankyouuu!

Answer 1

Want something romantic, moving and brilliant in imagery? Try Walter Benton's "This is my Beloved". It is a slim book of poems that chronicle a torrid love affair...maybe choose the opener, then a poem from the middle...when he's starting to lose her (The poem in which he asks "what will you be when you have washed the rainbows from my eyes" is not bad) and finish with one after she is gone. They are moving, wrenching, easy to read with a nice meter and they present an intense study of the feelings of a man in love.

Try it...you'll love it!

Answer 2

The Dash by linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone,

From the beginning…to the end.

He noted that first came her date of birth

And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those years.

(1934 – 1998)

For that dash represents all the time

That she spent alive on earth…

And now only those who loved her,

Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own;

The cars…the house…the cash,

What matters is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard…

Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left,

That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough

To consider what’s true and real,

And always try to understand

The way other people feel

And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,

And more often wear a smile.

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy’s being read, With your life’s

actions to rehash…

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?