If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in vain.
In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is nameless now. Every year everything I […]
Information Please by Paul Vallard
When I was quite young, we had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother would talk […]
Inscription on ancient grave by Al Khanoum
“As children, learn good manners. As young men, learn to control the passions. In middle age, be just. In old age, give good advice. Then die, without regret.”
Ode: Intimations of Immortality From Recollections of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth
This was composed during my residence at Town-end, Grasmere. Two years at least passed between the writing of the four first stanzas and the remaining part. To the attentive and competent reader the whole sufficiently explains itself; but there may be no harm in adverting here to particular feelings or ‘experiences’ of my own mind […]
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 nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and […]
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for […]
The Invocation to Kali by May Sarton
There are times when I think only of killing The voracious animal who is my perpetual shame, The violent one Whose raging demands Break down peace and shelter Like a peacock’s scream. There are times when I think only of how to do away With this brute power That cannot be tamed. I am the […]
Is Anyone There? – Anonymous
What does it mean To not be heard? What does it mean To send your words, Which are really your soul, Into a blank, cold void? Will someone listen, And care? Will someone listen, And respond? Is there anyone there?
Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy
When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road’s a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops, the angry Poseidon — do not fear them: You won’t find them on your path, if your thoughts remain lofty and a fine emotion touches your spirit. The […]
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