Instructions Before Visiting Earth: James McCrae
James McCrae // In the event that you wake upand find your soul separated from sourceand manifest into material form, [...]
Destiny and Divinity: Prof. K. Ravindran
Prof. K. Ravindran // Time is either gone or yet to arrive.The present moment “the now” is beyond time;it is [...]
Bob Marley
Bob Marley // Who cares about perfection?Even the moon is not perfect.The sea is incredibly beautiful but salty and [...]
A Confession and a Struggle
Arthur Miller // “I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things [...]
Alone: Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe // From childhood’s hour I have not beenAs others were—I have not seenAs others saw—I could not [...]
Still I Rise: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou // You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut [...]
Be a Rainbow in Someone Else’s Cloud: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou // You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very [...]
Ithaka: C. P. Cavafy
C. P. Cavafy // As you set out for Ithakahope your road is a long one,full of adventure, full of [...]
Where the Mind is Without Fear: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore // Where the mind is without fearand the head is held high, Where knowledge is free, Where [...]
For a New Beginning: John O’Donohue
John O'Donohue // In out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has [...]
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou // Shadows on the wallNoises down the hailLife doesn’t frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loudBig [...]
Live Your Life: Chief Tecumseh
Chief Tecumseh // Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their [...]
Biden’s Inaugural Poet: Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorma // When day comes, we ask ourselves,where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we [...]
Choices: Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Goiovanni // If I can't do what I want to do then my job is to not do what I don't want to do.It's not the [...]
Phenomenal Women: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou // Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s sizeBut [...]
A Poem of Friendship: Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni // We are not loversbecause of the lovewe makebut the lovewe haveWe are not friendsbecause of the [...]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg // "Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges. Don’t be [...]
Newspaper Blackout Poem: Austin Kleon
Austin Kleon is an American writer and artist known for his innovative “blackout poetry” and creative philosophy. [...]
Wisdom in Difficult Times: Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön // “The only time we really know what’s really going on is when the rug’s been pulled out from [...]
Partition: W. H. Auden
A stark and reflective poem by W. H. Auden, “Partition” captures the human cost behind political decisions and [...]
Here: A Visual Poem
Robert-Jonathan Koeyers //Koeyers a Rotterdam-based visual poet from the Netherlands, known for blending typography, [...]
Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda // "Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the [...]
Lahiri Mahasaya
Lahiri Mahasaya // “Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you [...]
Sri Yukteswar Giri
Sri Yukteswar Giri // "Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary. Sacred writings are beneficial in [...]