Invitation by Mary Oliver
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
Category: Poems
Poetry that I like, and thought you might like too.
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The Night House – Billy Collins
The Night House – Billy Collins
Every day the body works in the fields of the world
Mending a stone wall
Live in joy. The Buddha
Live in joy. in love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health. Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of the way. —The Buddha, from the Dhammapada, Thomas Byrom, translator
I Believe in the Sun… by Unknown
I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining
Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought—So rested he by… Continue reading Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll