As humans, we are naturally inclined to run by fixed schedules. Whether that schedule is jampacked or not, it seems that we follow some sort of routine day after day. What this scheduled life produces is a narrow mind set.
This "narrow mind syndrome" can be easily reversed through poetry.
Poetry opens the mind to new thoughts and ways of doing things. These are the skills that cure a fixed mind.
Here are five poems that are essential reading for turning your mind
around:
5. The "Blood" of "Of the Four Humours in Man's Constitution" by
Anne Bradstreet
This poem is about blood relationships between people. It will open the mind to the different feelings that family can produce, whether it is envy, anger or love.
4. "The Sleeper" by Edgar Allan Poe
This poem is about a person becoming aware of how much is missed whenever one sleeps. The poem emphasizes making sure that you experience everything that your life has to offer.
3. "Walking Through Woods On a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
This poem follows a man as he gazes and thinks through nature. It produces a new perspective about who really owns what and teaches you to appreciate everything that the world has to offer.
2. "This is My Letter to the World" by Emily Dickinson
This is about rejection and self-doubt. It opens the mind to the many ways that the world may perceive you.
1. "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant
This poem is ultimately about death. However, instead of focusing on the worry and sadness that comes with the topic, it focuses on becoming a part of the earth and forever leaving your footprint on the world. The poem opens the mind to the idea that death doesn't have to be filled
with sorrow.
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