Poetry
As William Sieghart says, “Poetry is our way of holding hands with each other.” Here, in no particular order, are some poems that will be there for you when you need them.
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
https://allpoetry.com/love-after-love
Traveller, Your Footprints by Antonio Machado
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58815/traveler-your-footprints
A Ritual to Read to Each Other by William E. Stafford
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58264/a-ritual-to-read-to-each-other
In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43347/in-a-dark-time
Eagle Poem by Joy Harjo
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46545/eagle-poem
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-invitation-by-oriah-mountain-dreamer
On Death by Kahlil Gibran
We Have Come to Be Danced by Jewel Mathieson
Sometimes a Wild God by Tom Hirons
https://tomhirons.com/poetry/sometimes-a-wild-god
Ithaka by Constantine P. Cavafy
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51296/ithaka-56d22eef917ec
In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver
The Guest House by Rumi
https://www.thepoetryexchange.co.uk/the-guest-house-by-rumi
Just Beyond Yourself by David Whyte