Poem! Or letter. I say letter because sometimes a letter can be written and express a lot without knowing that the eventual readers would be a much bigger audience. For me this letter from Jesse Livermore to his wife , sadly it is a suicide note but you have to read his book , Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator to understand him. The book is free here, http://www.trading-naked.com/library/jesse_livermore.pdf The note which I find quite special: “My dear Nina: Can’t help it. Things have been bad with me. I am tired of fighting. Can’t carry on any longer. This is the only way out. I am unworthy of your love. I am a failure. I am truly sorry, but this is the only way out for me. Love Laurie” It is a very depressing note, but you have to understand he made millions! I mean, businesses would not let him trade in their branches because he was cleaning them out. Lots of boom and bust, and some life. And for poems, Invictus I think is very good to. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. So share away, if you have something in another language then please post it also, just provide a translation Raz
