First, this is a sadly beautiful little film that I saw the other day on the internet. It's based on part of the poem "Be Near Me When My Light is Low" by Tennyson. I think it's amazing how many different emotions they packed into like a minute and a half...

Why was I perusing the internet looking for poetry? Well, lately, no matter how tired I am, I have had a hard time falling asleep. And then sometimes if I do manage to fall asleep, I'll wake up a lot during the night or have bad dreams. So this past week I decided to try something new.


I KNOW this puts me at like a 589 on the nerd scale. But it works! I found some videos on youtube of classic poetry readings by people with really calming voices and each night before bed I put on this playlist. I'm literally out in five minutes.

Not only has this helped me fall asleep, but it's also somewhat improved the bad taste that my english classes last year left in my mouth. (Thanks a lot, Ian.) I'm pretty sure that if people used language the way Wordsworth or Tennyson did, the world would be a better place.

Here are some of my favourite poems!