Poems of Sorrow and Grieving - Poetry Foundation
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Sonnet 147: My love is as a fever, longing still - Poetry Foundation
My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please. My reason, the physician to …
Poems of Hope and Resilience - Poetry Foundation
Hope can foster determination and grit—the ability to bounce back and to remain determined despite failures and setbacks—when we make daily efforts to change and improve what we …
The Time Traveler Finally Falls in Love - Poetry Foundation
and it ends, of course, in fabulous heartbreak, like anything— it’s not an if, but when—so the trick is learning how to bend the days you get: nailing our flowers to the wall, reading side by side; …
A Dream | The Poetry Foundation
In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed— But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted.
Heartbeats | The Poetry Foundation
Poems that confront the mystery of ailing health, diseases, treatments, healing, and dying.
Everybody Has a Heartache: A Blues | The Poetry Foundation
Everybody has a heartache — The immense gatekeeper of Gate Z–100 keeps his cool. Everybody has a heartache — The man with his head bobbing to music no one else can hear …
Poems to Send the Person You're Crushing On - Poetry Foundation
Sep 14, 2006 · Lorde’s repeated pleas for accurate, authentic memories announce their own futility: when she asks her beloved not to remember her “as disaster,” we grasp both the …
Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead - Poetry Foundation
No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell; Nay, if you read this …
W.S. Merwin: “The Nails” - Poetry Foundation
Jan 5, 2010 · What makes the poem special is the intensity of feeling coupled with the startling imagery. It tells the story of a breakup without traditional narrative, presenting an emotional arc …