15 Online Poetry Courses – Free and Paid
So, you want to learn how to write better poetry. Maybe you’re just venturing out into the wild lands of poetic verse for the first…
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“Hair” by Elizabeth Acevedo
This is Elizabeth Acevedo’s performance of her poem, “Hair.” She begins by saying, “My mother tells me to fix my hair. And by ‘fix’ she…
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Kahlil Gibran on Death
Kahlil Gibran on Death – From “The Prophet” Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the…
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“The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The Invitation It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to…
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“A Root in Each Act and Creature” by Hafiz
The sun’s eyes are painting fields again. Its lashes with expert strokes Are sweeping across the land. A great palette of light has embraced This…
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Kahlil Gibran on Pain
“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding” And a woman spoke, saying, Tell us of Pain. And he said: Your…
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“Never Trust a Mirror” by Erin Hanson
Never Trust a Mirror Never trust a mirror, For the mirror always lies, It makes you think that all your worth, Can be seen from…
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“In the Beginning” by David Whyte
In the Beginning Sometimes simplicity rises like a blossom of fire from the white silk of your own skin. You were there in the beginning…
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“The Ancient Masters…” Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
15. The ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their…
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“Trees” by Joyce Kilmer
Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet…
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