St Patrick’s Breast Plate
St Patrick Breast Plate “Saint Patrick’s Breastplate is a Christian hymn whose original Old Irish lyrics were traditionally attributed to …
Category Archives: Poetry
In the Bleak Midwinter – Poem
Text: Christina G. Rossetti, 1830-1894 Music: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 In the bleak midwinter, frost wind made moan, earth stood hard …
Live Life as it Comes – Poem
- Author Unknown If you delay living the joys until later, they can fade to almost nothing before you ever …
From A College Window – Poem
THE GLIMMER of the limes, sun-heavy, sleeping, Goes trembling past me up the College wall. Below, the lawn, in soft …
“Hymn” by Cædmon
“Hymn” by Cædmon 7th Century AD Now let me praise the keeper of Heaven’s kingdom, the might …
The Crazy Woman- Poem
I shall not sing a May song. A May song should be gay. I’ll wait until November And sing a …
Carla Boyd – Poem
“Life is hard: we lose jobs, homes, health, loved ones, security, friends. But LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, we just have to …
Alone – Poem
by Maya Angelou Lying, thinking Last night How to find my soul a home Where water is not thirsty And …
Poet’s Obligation – Poem
by Pablo Neruda To whoever is not listening to the sea this Friday morning, to whoever is cooped up in …
Dreams – Poem
by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold …
A Plain Life – Poem
by William Henry Davies No idle gold — since this fine sun, my friend, Is no mean miser, but doth …
Joy and Pleasure – Poem
by William Henry Davies Now, joy is born of parents poor, And pleasure of our richer kind; Though pleasure’s free, …
Que Lindo (or not)
Felt inspired to write some poetry today. It came to me in Spanish… so it’s probably worse than usual (and …
If This Were All (Poem)
If this were all of life we’ll know, If this brief space of breath Were all there is to human …
