Question

summary of the poem people by dh lawrence

Answer 1

After reading many of his poems I get the impression that Lawrence seems to have a similar need to both be with others and yet to have his own space too. This I think is a common feeling, and of course the ongoing quest of this blog-to find the balance betwixt and between the social side of humanity and fulfilling that need and the solitary side of humanity and nurturing that need as well. It is certainly easier for me to nurture the social side of me than the solitary side. For one when I’m social I feel like I’m being a better friend, wife, mother, family member or in general a better person, and of course it’s also usually fun. When I’m silence and still I often feel that I’m wasting time or being selfish or I need to enter into it in a serious manner and do serious work, when really I could just do something enjoyable that I don’t normally get to engage in. 
I feel that both sides need to be acknowledged as important and that for me it takes both to make me feel grounded and calmer. Still I have to ask myself why it is so much easier to be social than solitary and silent. What are the road blocks that keep me off that path? Are they self imposed? Maybe, some of them are such as my feeling guilty for wanting it. Are there outside factors for me to identify and work around or with in order to have access to the path that leads to bits of quiet? I feel there are many, often so many I don’t know how to work around or with them.