Poetry
270. I need to feel you constantly to get me through the day
A reader who read yesterday’s post sent me this poem. It was composed by Deborah Robinson, but the r...
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269. Until we found out that it was ourselves
Robert Frost says: “Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, ‘grace’ metaphors, and goe...
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268. I met a genius on the train
Charles Bukowski has written some very short, funny poems.
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267. Love now is christened Sacrifice
May Wedderburn Cannan was a poet active during the First World War.
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266. It is late in an afternoon
In 1918, Robert Frost inscribed the poem, “War Thoughts at Home,” but over the next 88 years, it rem...
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265. All about us is noise
Elizabeth Alexander is a founding member of Cave Canem, an organization dedicated to promoting Afric...
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264. to let it go
Mary Jane Oliver (1935 - 2019) was an American poet who drew inspiration from nature and maintained...
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263. For all that was left unsaid
John O'Donohue was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher.
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262. I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong
Without any introduction, I am sharing WH Auden’s poem, “Funeral Blues,” which has been on my mind s...
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261. No Loss is Token
Kay Ryan is an American poet with seven poetry collections
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260. Grief, I should not treat you like a homeless dog
Levertov's poetry prominently features themes of politics, suffering, and war.
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259. Until we see your beautiful face again
John O'Donohue (1956 – 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. He is best...
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