Poetry

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. I love it because it is short, to th

I was reminded of this poem yesterday, when we were in the woods yesterday and quite literally, 2 roads diverged! This poem was part of my high school curriculum twice, once in 9th grade and again i

This one from Rabindranath Tagore has won my heart... It is a simple one and again, one can make a personal interpretation of the poem. The Tame bird and the free bird The tame bird was in a cage

I have never been big on poetry. Even when I started this category, I did it mostly because it went along with the mood of the website...poetry after all is inspiring and uplifting. And then I saw thi

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth said Samuel Johnson. What about you? What kind of poetry inspires you? Interests you? Did you read something that made you laugh? Share here.... Create

I love this poem and how beautifully it describes the journey of life (or at least that is how I have understood it!!) "STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING" Whose woods these are I think I know. His

This is an amazing discovery we made! Of course it has been around for long, but we are thrilled to have found it. It is an online contemporary poetry magazine and is called Plume . Take a look, it h

Will you be my Valentine. It is never too early. My love, When I marry you, I know what I’ll say. My statement will be, “I’ll love you in sickness and in health.” For harder and easier, For fun and fo

A line from Arakalic's post about William Blake's poem Tyger "Did He who made the Lamb make thee" reminded me of my favorite poem, "Mountain and the Squirrel" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The poem talks ab

Yesterday or day before when i was browsing the BBC world news the surges and the helplessness and hopelessness across the world put me off and i was about to close the page. Suddenly the words "poe