[00:20.37]We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.[00:23.75]We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.[00:27.62]And the human race is filled with passion.[00:30.59][00:32.37]And medicine, law, business, engineering,[00:34.25]These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.[00:37.08][00:38.28]But poetry, beauty, romance, love,[00:43.47]These are what we stay alive for.[00:45.10][00:46.29]To quote from Whitman[00:46.72][00:48.40]"O me! O life![00:50.15]Of the questions of these recurring;[00:52.71]Of the endless trains of the faithless[00:55.14]Of cities filled with the foolish;[00:56.98]What good amid these, O me, O life?"[00:59.50][01:58.73]We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.[02:02.17]We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.[02:05.82]And the human race is filled with passion.[02:09.52][02:10.54]And medicine, law, business, engineering,[02:12.51]These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.[02:16.97][02:17.84]But poetry,[02:19.16]Beauty...[02:20.78][03:59.46]