I believe in the sun
Even when it’s not shining…
Category: Poems
Poetry that I like, and thought you might like too.
Mostly published without permission. If that’s a problem, let me know and I’ll take the offending poem down. Else, enjoy!
IF by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
Nirvana by Charles Bukowski
not much chance
completely cut loose from
purpose, he was a young man
riding a bus
A poem made up of the first lines of emails I’ve received while quarantining by Jessica Salfia
In these uncertain timesas we navigate the new normal,are you willing to share your ideas and solutions?As you know, many people are struggling.I know you are up against it:the digital landscape.We share your concerns.As you know, many people are struggling.We hope this note finds you and your family safe.We’ve never seen anything like this before.Here… Continue reading A poem made up of the first lines of emails I’ve received while quarantining by Jessica Salfia
An Evolving Course by Rumi
We began as a mineral.
We emerged into plant life
and into the animal state,
and then to being human
A People Place by William J. Crocker
If this is not a place where tears are understood,
Where do I go to cry?
The Other Side of the Virus, An Opportunity to Awaken… by Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
Pandemic by Lynn Ungar
Pandemic by Lynn Ungar
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath—
the most sacred of times?
What I Can’t Tell My Son by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
What I Can’t Tell My Son by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
That I wait for his call every Sunday night,
though I pretend to myself that I don’t care.
I have lost the easy way I once had with him,
I am Humbled – A Hospital Chaplain’s Prayer
I am Humbled – A Hospital Chaplain’s Prayer
I come into these walls,
Unknown of what the day will hold.
Uncertain of where God
Will guide my path.