Failing and Flying
By Jack GilbertEveryone forgets that Icarus also flew.It’s the same when love comes to an end,or the marriage fails and people saythey knew it was a mistake, that everybodysaid it […]
Psalm 150
By Jericho BrownSome folks fool themselves into believing,But I know what I know once, at the heightOf hopeless touching, my man and I holdOur breaths, certain we can stop time […]
Still I Rise
By Maya AngelouYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you?Why […]
“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 the words –And never stops – at all – And sweetest – […]