Songs or Poetry

I've written a few poems over the past few years, and I've been thinking that maybe I've missed out on poetry...meaning I think I might have loved poetry if I had payed more attention to it in school. This made me purchase a collection of poems by Emily Dickinson, who is a wonderful poet to start with from what I hear. It also made me think about one of my favorite poems. I actually did a report on the author in high school merely because I love this poem so much...

Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken-winged bird
that cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
for when dreams go
life is a barren field
frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes