Invictus By William Ernest Henley 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…
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. ~ Shel Silverstein
This has been a favorite poem of mine since first reading in high school. I turn to it whenever I need some inspiration to keep pursuing my dreams? When I recently saw a clip of Helen Mirren reading it to…
The Dog The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that the dog is full of love. I’ve also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest. Ogden Nash Happy National Puppy…
Gratitude Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way; Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day; Be grateful for the health you own, the work you find to do, For round…
A Prayer in Spring Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. Oh, give us…
‘A poem … begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness…. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.” Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. letter, Jan. 1, 1916, to poet…
April is National Poetry month. In honor of that I thought I should post a few poems this month. I am not a poet and I know that so you are saved my feeble attempts. but I do enjoy…