The Road Not Taken

*** Revised Common Lectionary *** Lectionary Reading: Psalm 1 CLASSIC POEM: The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. *** This poem is in the public domain, and may be read in a live-streamed worship service. CONTEMPORARY POEM: Beatus Vir Malcolm Guite SNIPPET: Come to the place, where every breath is praise, And God is breathing through each passing breeze. … [ READ THE FULL POEM ]