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Poem - The Child Angel, by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore
https://www.poetseers.org/nobel-prize-for-literature/tagore/tagores-poems/the-child-angel/The Child Angel
Let your life come amongst them like a flame of light, my child,
unflickering and pure, and delight them into silence.
They are cruel in their greed and their envy,
their words are like hidden knives thirsting for blood.
Go and stand amidst their scowling hearts, my child,
and let your gentle eyes fall upon them like the
forgiving peace of the evening over the strife of the day.
Let them see your face, my child, and thus know the
meaning of all things, let them love you and love each other.
Come and take your seat in the bosom of the limitless, my child.
At sunrise open and raise your heart like a blossoming flower,
and at sunset bend your head and in silence
complete the worship of the day.
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Poem Peformance - "To This Day" ... for the bullied and beautiful by Shane Koyczan
By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying, captivated millions as a viral video (created, crowd-source style, by 80 animators). Here, he gives a glorious, live reprise with backstory and violin accompaniment by Hannah Epperson.
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James Earl Jones - reads from Shakespeare’s Othello at the White House
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
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The Poems of Emily Dickinson
https://www.poetseers.org/early-american-poets/emily-dickinson/here's one:
Dawn
When night is almost done,
And sunrise grows so near
That we can touch the spaces,
It ‘s time to smooth the hair
And get the dimples ready,
And wonder we could care
For that old faded midnight
That frightened but an hour.
– Emily Dickinson
Helena Bonham Carter Reads Emily Dickinson's Hope | 365 Poems for Life by Allie Esiri
Langston Hughes - "The Weary Blues" on CBUT, 1958
African-American poet, Langston Hughes recites his poem, "The Weary Blues" (1925) to jazz accompaniment with the Doug Parker Band on the CBUT (CBC Vancouver) program "The 7 O'Clock Show" in 1958.