It’s a labor of love to curate weekly poems that highlight our class theme.
Wild Geese (Mary Oliver)
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves. (entire poem here)
On Self-Esteem and Personal Empowerment
There Are Miracles (Rupi Kaur)
there are miracles in me
waiting to happen
i am never giving up on myself
On Giving and Receiving Love
Gonna Rise Up Singing (Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
If what we do now echoes into eternity,
then let there be more mornings such as this one
in which my mother wakes me by singing
a thin thread of melody
that praises the beauty of the day. (entire poem here)
A Good Day (David Steindl-Rast)
…And so I wish for you that you would open your heart to all these blessings
and let them flow through you,
that everyone whom you will meet on this day will be blessed by you;
just by your eyes,
by your smile,
by your touch — just by your presence… (entire poem and video here)
NOV
2021