Uplifting Poems

Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46446


Wild Geese
by Mary Oliver
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/geese/geese.html


Golden Retrievals
by Mark Doty
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47252


The Sparrow
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sparrow-4/


Fifty Robins
by Amber Coverdale Sumrall
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/01/amber-coverdale-sumrall-fifty-robins.html


When I see birches bend
by Robert Frost
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44260


Aimless Love
by Billy Collins
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/09/billy-collins-aimless-love.html


Nutting
by William Wordsworth
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45533


If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
by Emily Dickinson
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-can-stop-one-heart-from-breaking/


Warning
by Jenny Joseph
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning/


Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 3, Page 3,
Polonius' Monologue, To Thine Ownself Be True
by William Shakespeare
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/page_44.html


Dust of Snow
by Robert Frost
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/dust-snow


The Snow Man
by Wallace Stevens
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45235


Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
by Dylan Thomas
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/do-not-go-gentle-good-night


Desiderata
by Max Ehrmann
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desiderata-6/


A Brave and Startling Truth
by Maya Angelou
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/06/maya-angelou-brave-and-startling-truth.html


Touch Me
by Stanley Kunitz
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/kunitz/touchme.htm


Still Point
by Max Reif
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/12/max-reif-still-point.html


Thanksgiving
by Robert Nichols
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/57230


The Peace Of Wild Things
by Wendell Berry
https://prezi.com/cmpiliesui2g/the-peace-of-wild-things-by-wendell-berry/


The Summer Day
by Mary Oliver
https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html


In Spite of War
by Angela Morgan
http://www.bartleby.com/271/142.html


If You Forget Me
by Pablo Neruda
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-you-forget-me/


The Daffodils
by William  Wordsworth
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45521


Invictus
by William Ernest Henley
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/51642


I Shall Not Pass This Way Again
by Eva Rose York
https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/i-shall-not-pass-way-again-0


The Invitation
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/


Today
by Billy Collins
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/40824


Say not the struggle
by Arthur Hugh Clough
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43959


Beauty as a Shield
by Elsie Robinson
http://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10121019


Worst Day Ever?
by Chanie Gorkin
http://www.poetrynation.com/poem.php?id=50509


What I Learned from My Mother
by Julia Kasdorf
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/48491

A Japanese Wood-Carving
by Amy Lowell
http://themargins.net/anth/1910-1919/lowellwood.html


On a Perfect Day
by Jane Gentry
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/09/jane-gentry-on-perfect-day.html


This Freedom
by Richard Brady
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/11/richard-brady-this-freedom.html


I Believe Nothing
by Kathleen Raine
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/12/kathleen-raine-i-believe-nothing.html  
The Art of Blessing the Day
by Marge Piercy
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/marge-piercy-art-of-blessing-day.html


The Book of Hours
by Joyce Sutphen
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/joyce-sutphen-book-of-hours.html


The Last Things I'll Remember
by Joyce Sutphen
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/07/joyce-sutphen-last-things-ill-remember.html


Heavy
by Mary Oliver
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/05/mary-oliver-heavy.html


Love
by Czeslaw Milosz
https://www.lionsroar.com/about-a-poem-carole-glasser-langille-on-czeslaw-miloszs-love-november-2012/  


My Weather
by Jane Hirshfield
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/05/jane-hirshfield-my-weather.html


The Promise
by Jane Hirshfield
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/02/jane-hirshfield-promise.html


Magic
by Jenifer Nostrand
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2013/12/jenifer-nostrand-magic.html
 

Beannacht
by John O'Donohue
(Gaelic: beannacht=blessing, currach=boat)
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/01/john-odonohue-beannacht.html


A Prayer
by Toyohiko Kagawa
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/01/toyohiko-kagawa-prayer.html


Morning in December
by Clarice Thompson
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2013/12/clarice-thompson-morning-in-december.html


talisman
by Suheir Hammad
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/01/suheir-hammad-talisman.html


Intimations of Immortality
by William Wordsworth
https://harpers.org/blog/2010/03/wordsworth-intimations-of-immortality/

 
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poems/detail/42891


The Sugar-Plum Tree
by Eugene Field
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/sugar-plum-tree

 
Hello World
by Dan Coppersmith
http://jlewisandco.weebly.com/1/post/2011/11/hello-world.html


Japan
by Billy Collins
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/japan/


On How to Pick and Eat Poems
by Phyllis Cole-Dai
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2016/01/phyllis-cole-dai-on-how-to-pick-and-eat.html

Halloween Jokes

What is a skeleton’s favorite musical instrument?
A trombone.

What do birds give out on Halloween night?
Tweets.

What did Dracula say when he kissed his vampire girlfriend?
Ouch.

How do monsters tell their future?
They read their horrorscope.

What do you do when 50 zombies surround your house?
Hope it’s Halloween.

What do you use to mend a jack-o-lantern?
A pumpkin patch.

What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi.

What happened to the guy who didn’t pay his exorcist?
He was repossessed.

How does a girl vampire flirt?
She bats her eyes.

Why did the headless horseman go into business?
He wanted to get ahead in life.

What is a vampire’s favorite fruit?
A neck-tarine.

What is worst than a hungry vampire?
A thirsty vampire.

What is a monsters favorite flavor of jam?
Boo-berry.

Do monsters eat popcorn with their fingers?
No, they eat their fingers separately.

LITTLE MONSTER: I don’t like my teacher.
MUMMY MONSTER: Well then, just eat your salad.

Why did the zombie stay in his coffin?
He felt rotten.

Why do skeletons play the piano?
They don’t have organs.

Who is the best dancer at a monster party?
The boogie man.

Why don’t zombies have trouble getting dates?
They can usually dig someone up.

What is a Mummy’s favorite type of music?
Wrap!!!

Why don’t skeletons ever go out on the town?
Because they don’t have any body to go out with…

Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?
They’re so wrapped up in themselves.

What kind of streets do zombies like the best?
Dead ends.

What is a vampire’s favorite mode of transportation?
A blood vessel.

What type of dog do vampire’s like the best?
Bloodhounds.

What does a vampire never order at a restaurant?
A stake sandwich.

Why don’t angry witches ride their brooms?
They’re afraid of flying off the handle.

Where do ghosts go shopping for clothes?
Booooooooo-tiques.

What goes "Ha Hah Hah", thud?
A zombie laughing its head off.

What do you get if you cross a snowman with Dracula?
Frostbite.

What did the girl tombstone say to her boyfriend?
Stop taking me for granite!

Why don’t mummies like to take a break?
They are afraid to unwind.

Why are mummies so vain?
They are always wrapped up in themselves.

Why do ghosts make bad liars?
Because you can see right through them!

What do ghouls wear on their face?
Spooktacles.

What do skeletons say before eating?
Bone Appetit!

What do witches look for in a hotel?
Broom service.

What did the philosophical ghost ask his friend?
Do you believe in people?

What do ghosts serve for dessert?
Ice scream.