Poetry that awakens something deep within, capturing the ineffable moments of spiritual discovery. Each piece serves as a gentle companion for reflection, meditation, and those quiet times when your heart needs beautiful words to lean into.
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do Or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, For I shall not pass this way again.” Stephen Grellet
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
It may be misery not to sing at all, And to go silent through the brimming day; It may be misery never to be loved, But deeper griefs than these beset the way. To sing the perfect song, And by a half-tone lost the key, There the potent sorrow, there
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might'
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun- My dream. And then the wall rose, Rose slowly, Slowly, Between me and my dream. Rose until it touched the sky- The wall. Shadow. I
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
Don”t look for the flaws as you go through life; And even when you find them, It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind And look for the virtue behind them. For the cloudiest night has a hint of light Somewhere in its shadows hiding; It is better
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
I count each day a little life, With birth and death complete; I cloister it from care and strife And keep it sane and sweet. With eager eyes I greet the morn, Exultant as a boy, Knowing that I am newly born To wonder and to joy. And when the
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
In the morning of life, when its cares are unknown, And its pleasures in all their new lustre begin, When we live in a bright-beaming world of our own, And the light that surrounds us is all from within; Oh 'tis not, believe me, in that happy time We
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
'Tis true my garments threadbare are, And sorry poor I seem; But inly I am richer far Than any poet's dream. For I've a hidden life no one Can ever hope to see; A sacred sanctuary none May share with me. Aloof I stand from
Noteworthy Poetry: Soul-Stirring Verse
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,