Be still, my soul, and steadfast.Earth and heaven both are still watchingthough time is draining from the clockand your walk, that was confident and quick,has become slow.So, be slow if you must, but letthe heart still play its true part.Love still a...

Saint Francis and the Sow - By Galway Kinnell The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don't flower for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its lov...

I, Too - by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong. Tomorrow,I’ll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody’ll dareSay to...

The Angels and the FuriesMay Sarton 1 Have you not wounded yourself/ And battered those you love/ By sudden motions of evil,/ Black rage in the blood/ When the soul, premier danseur,/ Springs toward a murderous fall?/ The furies possess you. ...