Of Captains and Cradles
...Oh, My Dear Walter, how your words have slayed
Humbled me, broken me, molded, remade
To taste of your world, see above or below it
Wit of a wordsmith, wry pith of a poet
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Categories:
journeywork, appreciation, history, poetry, poets,
Form: Couplet
Happiness and Health
...Lift the foundations of happiness; let it manifest within!
O how I’ve grown weary for the ceaseless battle to feel ____
There is no superior love than amid myself and my piece of mind;
My nutriti...
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Categories:
journeywork, 8th grade, confidence, emotions,
Form: ABC
Captains and Cradles - For Walt Whitman
...* There is one person I would bring back in a heartbeat, and that's my favorite human being of all-time, Walt Whitman - he literally changed my life with his poetry, and brought true beauty and joy t...
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Categories:
journeywork, art, history, poetry, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme