"While fighting for his country, he lost an arm and was suddenly afraid:"
This line opens the poem, "A Man" by Nina Cassian. The rest of the poem is the man's initial reaction to his loss and then the amazing transformation that he underwent because of it. I have always found it to be an inspirational and impactful poem about the potential that we have for overcoming the impossible if we just attack our lives with extraordinary enthusiasm and effort.
With this being National Poetry Month, I am reading and talking about poems that I find particularly powerful, inspirational, and meaningful, so today I am talking about this poem. Check out last week's episodes on the poems "The Road Not Taken," "If," and "To an Athlete Dying Young," as well.
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