I TOLD YOU “I told you the winter would go, love, I told you the winter would go, That he’d flee in shame when the south wind came, And you smiled when I told you so. You said the blustering fellow Would never yield to a breeze, That his cold, icy breath had frozen to…
Category: sorrow
POEMS: “Worth While” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Worth While” It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises…
POEMS: “Listen” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Listen “Whoever you are as you read this, Whatever your trouble or grief, I want you to know and to heed this: The day draweth near with relief. No sorrow, no woe is unending, Though heaven seems voiceless and dumb; So sure as your cry is ascending, So surely an answer will come….
MYSTICAL POEMS: “The Kintsugi”
The Kintsugi* Thanks to Sandhya Jade Keller, For inspiration, And the second-to-last stanza. At the juncture of Perfection and imperfection, Lays Immaculate Imperfection. There, even the wounded and broken, Emanate Blessings to all. There, even those crushed in sorrow, Are breathless with Bliss. There, even those moving in desire, Breathe Fullness and Completion. There, even…
POEMS: “Stillborn” by Trina Graves
The devastation that you bear, Causing your heart to rip and tear, I know there’s nothing I can say, That can take this pain away
POEMS: “Life in Its Purest Form” by Margaret Jang
To radiate uncluttered by the ego of your mind,
and materialistic desire is left far behind.
POEMS: “What We Are Today Comes From Our Thoughts Of Yesterday, And Our Present Thoughts Build Our Life Of Tomorrow. Our Life Is The Creation Of Our Mind” (Buddha) Poem by Trina Graves
My thoughts of yesterday
Were cloudy and unclear
Overshadowed by the patterns
Of all those who I was near
POEMS: “In times of sorrow” by Margaret Jang
In times of sorrow and heartbreaking grief,
it’s hard to remember to keep your belief.
Behind the scenes there is a greater force,
guiding the events of one’s chosen course.
INSPIRATIONAL POEMS: “Point of view”
I’ve heard it said, “Don’t go to bed while hanging on to sorrow. You may not have the chance to laugh with those you love tomorrow.”
POEMS: “Joy and sorrow” by Kahlil Gibran
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
POEMS: “This Quiet Dust Was Gentlemen And Ladies” by Emily Dickinson (about death & impermanence)
This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladies
And lads and girls;
Was laughter and ability and sighing,
One Poetic quote “on sorrow” by Omar Khayyam
One Poetic quote “on sorrow” by Omar Khayyam: “When you are so full of sorrow that you can’t walk, can’t cry anymore, think about the green foliage that sparkles after the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when you hope a final night will cover the world, think about the awakening of a young child.”…
