Someone at work asked what is a good introduction to poetry. This anthology, curated by Milosz, is dear to my heart. There is someone for everyone. Whether you will discover Carver, Li Bai or Kavafy, this can be your jump-off point.
I was watching some panelists at a finance conference, all feeling on the top of the world. And couldn’t help thinking, wait a few centuries, and you’ll be forgotten, and we will remember the lowly passerby who saved a half-dead stranger on the road from Jericho to Jerusalem.