Theodore Roosevelt, a adventurer, Rough Rider, president, and at 60 years old a WW I volunteer. If you read two poems and stop these are the two to read.
Theodore Roosevelt: Man in the Arena & Doctrine of the Strenuous Life
The only poem on this list that I have not memorized, or tried to memorize is the final one Ulysses. The five poems below are Masculine, powerful, and will cause you to ponder life. Poems? Really? Not Military enough? Not Masculine enough? If your first thought of poetry was along the “roses are red, violets are blue…” line you have come to the wrong place.
