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I Knew a Woman
By Theodore Roethke

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the…


Here's a poem about the abundant nature of love, emphasizing its limitless and overflowing qualities:
The Overflowing Heart
A wellspring of love,…


I knew a girl, a vision in the light,
Her smile, a sunrise, banishing the night.
The moment we met, a bond so pure and true,
My soul, unbidden,…

AS my Family and I camped out top of NJ. Unbeknownst to them the danger that existed round, I kept silent, but my anger showed through, not towards…

My most beautiful hiding places,
places that best fit my soul’s deepest colors,
are made of all that others forgot.

They are solitary sites…

Beauty for Ashes: Isaiah 61:1-3

Beauty Of The Wolf --

Calling out, in moon's shining light, standing against the starry sky
Proud at heart, strong of will, it stands alone,…

Because I could not stop for Death - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Beowulf

he sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her…

From the Codex latinus monacensis – c. 1230AD
(Commencing with the sequence of texts utilised by Carl Orff in his ‘scenic cantata’)

We all commit ourselves to something
whether it be a person or work.
They become the most important thing
that will enter our lives.
We cherish…

Dame la mano (Give Me Your Hand) by Gabriela Mistral --

Dame la mano y danzaremos;
dame la mano y me amarás.
Como una sola flor seremos,
como…

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