Poetry & readings I have used in my classes and workshops

 

Desiderata

(Latin: "things desired”)

by Max Ehrmann

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The Tragic Paradox of Our Times

Author unknown

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She Let Go

by Safrie Rose

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I Sing the Body Electric

by Walt Whitman

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Today

by Mary Oliver

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poem

Rupi Kaur

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This Too Shall Pass

(You are Just a Witness of Change)

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on friendship

by Kahlil Gibran

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A Blessing for Presence 

by John O’Donohue

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If—

by Rudyard Kipling

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walk slowly

by Donna Faulds

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thresholds

From ‘To Bless the Space Between Us’ John O’Donohue 

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the guest house

Rumi

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I am thankful

Nancy J Carmody

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At The end of the Year

John O'Donohue

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Two Feet In

Danielle Doby

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the story of the two wolves

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Renunciation

Jennifer Welwood

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the summer day

Mary Oliver

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The Peace of Wild Things

Wendell Berry

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For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet

Joy Harjo

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