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    Category: Daily Dose of Inspiration

    A Few of My Favorite Poems by Nayyirah Waheed

    unharm someone by telling the truth you could not face when you struck instead of tended. — put the fire out (unburn) listen to my poems. but…… Read more “A Few of My Favorite Poems by Nayyirah Waheed”

    May 13, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “America,” Richard Blanco

    I. Although Tía Miriam boasted she discovered at least half a dozen uses for peanut butter— topping for guava shells in syrup, butter substitute for Cuban toast,…… Read more ““America,” Richard Blanco”

    May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman

    When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add,… Read more "“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” Walt Whitman"

    May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “Dreams,” Nikki Giovanni

    in my younger years before i learned black people aren’t suppose to dream i wanted to be a raelet and say “dr o wn d in my… Read more "“Dreams,” Nikki Giovanni"

    May 13, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “There Are Birds Here,” Jamaal May

            For Detroit   There are birds here, so many birds here is what I was trying to say when they said those birds… Read more "“There Are Birds Here,” Jamaal May"

    May 13, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman (section 1 only)

    I Celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and… Read more "“Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman (section 1 only)"

    May 8, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas

    Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though… Read more "“Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas"

    May 6, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “If-” by Rudyard Kipling

    If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men… Read more "“If-” by Rudyard Kipling"

    May 4, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    “Invictus,” William Ernest Henley

    Out of the night that covers me,       Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be       For my unconquerable soul. In the… Read more "“Invictus,” William Ernest Henley"

    May 1, 2020 by Danielle Conti

    Hope

    "‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" By: Emily Dickinson ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without… Read more "Hope"

    April 29, 2020 by Danielle Conti

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