Favorite Poetry

Poetry - 4 Links

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
https://shakespeare.mit.edu/
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