[stylist] advice on using a poem quote

[Julie J.]

Thanks for all the feedback!  I ended up leaving a quote off of the diploma, 
opting instead for putting it in the announcement.   Now I just wait and 
hope that all the printing gets done in time to send out everything in time. 
He graduates in June, later than most schools around here.   I think we'll 
be okay.

So just for fun since you guys have been quiet lately...any book suggestions 
for a new graduate?

Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 10:29 AM
To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
Cc: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Subject: Re: [stylist] advice on using a poem quote

Julie,

The great thing about poetry is that it's kind of up to the eye of the 
beholder. While most poets have intentions with what their poems mean, at 
the end of the day, once a writer puts their work out there, it's up to the 
masses to interpret it.

A poem has to be taken for its whole though. Famous poems like this often 
have a line or two overly quoted through the decades and centuries, and very 
few actually look at the poem in its entirety. Like a painting, a poem must 
be read as a whole and not taken only for its parts.

Having said that, I would agree, though, with your interpretation of the 
poem. And a lot of scholars and book critics and publishers can be snooty 
and confine interpretations to what they dictate. And everyone misinterprets 
at times, so I do not think anyone, beyond the author themselves, get to 
have the only interpretation of writing.

So go ahead and use it, smile.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J. via 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 3:04 PM
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Cc: Julie J.
Subject: [stylist] advice on using a poem quote

To all you lovely poetry peeps, I could use some advice!

I am working on my son’s graduation reception.  We homeschool so I get to 
customize the whole event.   He does not want a formal ceremony, but I am 
still presenting him with a formal diploma.  The company I am using has 
space for a school motto, quote or Bible verse or something similar.  Our 
homeschool name has been, “Pathways Academy” and I am thinking of putting 
the quote:

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that 
has made all the difference”. by Robert Frost



I am not a poetry person.  I want to know if this would be an appropriate 
quote for this situation.  Or does this quote mean something different than 
what I think it means?  To me it means to not be afraid to go your own way, 
to be true to yourself even if it isn’t mainstream, to be courageous in your 
decisions and to move forward with your life in the knowledge that taking 
the nonconventional approach can be rewarding.



But Google tells me that the poem this quote is from is often misunderstood 
and given more weight and seriousness than is intended.



Advice?  Wisdom? other quote suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Julie
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