A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of

*A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.* * * [*Robert Frost*](http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7715.Robert_Frost?utm_medium=email&utm_source=quote_of_the_day) August 1, 1915: Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken was first published in the Atlantic Monthly 100 years ago today. While the poem works as a metaphor for the weight we put on turning points in our lives, Frost later insisted the verses were simply inspired by a literal walk in the woods.