This poem was written by an African child that was nominated by the United Nations for the Best Poem of 2005.
Category: inspirational poems
POEMS ABOUT POETRY: “THE LIGHTEST TOUCH”
“The lightest touch” Good poetry begins with the lightest touch, a breeze arriving from nowhere, a whispered healing arrival, a word in your ear, a settling into things, then, like a hand in the dark, it arrests the whole body, steeling you for revelation. In the silence that follows a great line, you can feel…
POEMS FROM USA: “Desert Solitaire” (may your life be like Nature, from an older post) by Edward Abbey
Where tigers belch and monkeys howl,
Through miasmal and mysterious swamps
POEMS: “Don’t dwell” (from an older post)
Don’t dwell on what might have been
or the chances you have missed.
POEMS: “The laughing song” (from an older post) by William Blake
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it;
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “A sure way to a happy day” by Helen Steiner Rice (from an older post)
Happiness is something we create in our mind,
it’s not something you search for and seldom find.
POEMS: “Sometimes” (coping with worries, from an older post)
“Sometimes” Sometimes when things turn upside down And inside out and look dark brown, I rush outdoors and gaze into The topless sky’s eternal blue, So calm and cool, so still and deep, With soft contented clouds like sheep. I shade my eyes and stare and stare, Then go back in the house, and there,…
POEMS FROM RUSSIA: “I Taught Myself To Live Simply” (from an older post)
I taught myself to live simply and wisely, to look at the sky
SHORT PET POEMS: “Cats” (from an older post)
Gentle eyes that see so much , paws that have the quiet touch,
Purrs to signal “all is well”,
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “Count your blessings”(from an older post)
And as I go along life’s way,
I’m reaping better than I sowed. I’m drinking from my saucer, ‘Cause my cup has overflowed.
SPIRITUAL POEMS: “From the chrysalis” (from an older post) by Emily Dickinson
My cocoon tightens, colors tease, I’m feeling for the air;
A dim capacity for wings
Degrades the dress I wear.
LOVE POEMS: “I love you” by Sara Teasdale (from an older post)
O sparrow, little sparrow,
When I am fast asleep,
Then tell my love the secret
That I have died to keep.
