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The bright n’ sweet, the fresh and cheerful, the sad n’ grieved, the pained and the hopeful, varied as life, oh! so magical,so mystical, as true as God, beautiful and wonderful, come dear friend, come, let us together see the golden smiles and tears of poetry! A cheery hello to whoever visits this blog. I …

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“Harlem” by Langston Hughes

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 explode?

“Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality. We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility – We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess …

“Let My Country Awake” by Rabindranath Tagore

Image by Cherishsantoshfrom Wikimedia Commons. Text added by me. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards …

“Another fresh new year is here” by William Arthur Ward

Another fresh new year is here… Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give!   This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!   I have the …

Life, As We Know It

As the lone bird perched on the tree top Sat there in her solitude Forlorn, she couldn't help envying The blissful life of the tree How life must be, she imagined To not to be a wanderer With no quest for daily bread Blessed must be thou she thought For leading a life so anchored …