Women's History Month - Page 2
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If Thou Must Love Me
Famous Poem
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
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Except for love's sake only. Do not say
I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way
Of speaking gently, ... for a trick of thoughtFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Don't Quit
When times are hard, you might stop for a bit,
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But it's not over until the moment you quit.
On a river's bridge, failures are the planks;
Take one step at a time until you reach its banks.Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Peace
Famous Poem
THE steadfast coursing of the stars,
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The waves that ripple to the shore,
The vigorous trees which year by year
Spread upwards more and more;Featured Shared StoryA beautiful and inspired poem about a sometimes elusive quality that we all so much need to permeate our hearts. Maybe it has something to do with understanding and being understood and...
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Alone
Famous Poem
Lying, thinking
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Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirstyFeatured Shared StoryI strongly agree with Maya Angelou. Her poem reflects a timely theme. At any age a person might suffer due to loneliness, but worse in the old age. Then one needs physical as well as...
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A Tribute To The Beautiful Women I Know
To all you beautiful women who have been part of my life,
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I am glad you shared in my joys and supported me in moments of strife.
On you, may God's abundant blessings pour,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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The Ballad Of The Harp Weaver
Famous Poem
"Son," said my mother,
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When I was knee-high,
"you've need of clothes to cover you,
and not a rag have I.Featured Shared StoryThe poem is a short, sweet, and precise journey of a great son-mother relationship. It takes one through the sacred and holy shares of time given by a mother in dedication to her child. The...
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Solitude
Famous Poem
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
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Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.Featured Shared StoryThis poem, in my own eyes, represents things I have already heard. A sum up of this poem, for any and all that wish to understand the dark yet true meaning behind this poem, Ella states that...
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The Little White Hearse
Famous Poem
Somebody's baby was buried to-day--
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The empty white hearse from the grave rumbled back,
And the morning somehow seemed less smiling and gay
As I paused on the walk while it crossed on its way,Featured Shared StoryOne cannot relate to the loss of a child unless they have gone through it. One can only feel the same pain of another if they have. This poem beautifully speaks of and shares this pain.
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The Invitation
Famous Poem
It doesn't interest me
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what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache forFeatured Shared StoryI love this more than words. I think of these words often, especially in times that I feel as though I haven't done much through the years, and I'm sweetly reminded that I HAVE done so much!...
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Still I Rise
Famous Poem
You may write me down in history
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With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.Featured Shared Story"Still I Rise" is a verbalized legacy formed from the roots and depth of her heart. Maya Angelou exhilarated how to overcome life barriers as she exhaled a fulfilling visual capacity of a...
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If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
Famous Poem
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
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I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,Featured Shared StoryThe poem transmits the meaning of helping from the heart, reaching out to those in need and soothing the pain felt by others. It doesn't need a hero to work wonders, only need a heart to...
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Choice
Famous Poem
I'd rather have the thought of you
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To hold against my heart,
My spirit to be taught of you
With west winds blowing,Featured Shared StoryI have never read anything by Angela Morgan, but this truly speaks to me right now.
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Barter
Famous Poem
Life has loveliness to sell,
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All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on a cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings,Featured Shared StoryHow wonderful to stop, really see, and appreciate what nature gives us. I too love the crashing waves, the dancing flames and beautiful smells around us, we need to be mindful of every moment...
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Homage To My Hips
Famous Poem
these hips are big hips
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they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into littleFeatured Shared StoryWork what you've got and be proud of it. Someone else probably wishes they had what you've got.
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Phenomenal Woman
Famous Poem
Analysis of Form and Technique
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
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I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.Featured Shared StoryPhenomenal Woman By Maya Angelou this poem is a Classic that deals with every women in the world. This poem shows that beauty is compare by what society thinks a woman should looked like,...
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Caged Bird
Famous Poem
Analysis of Form and Technique
The free bird leaps
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on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current endsFeatured Shared StoryI remember this poem from my guided reading class in 5th grade. I remember it well. This poem really touched me, and reading it again just made my day. This poem, I remember it being about...
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Mirror
Famous Poem
I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
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Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful,Featured Shared StoryA mirror never lies. It shows what is what exactly. Just as Plath writes: "I am silver and exact". The truth of our mortality is what we keep on negating and the speaker too finds it hard to...
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Miss Rosie
Famous Poem
when I watch you
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wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peelsFeatured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Famous Poem
"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
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That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -Featured Shared StoryI recited this poem in grade six and it has been an inspiration for me ever since. Wonderful work!
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I Am Beautiful
in Inspirational Poems by Teens
I am beautiful,
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I am powerful,
I am desireable,
Boys love me,Featured Shared StoryNo Stories yet, You can be the first!
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