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If

by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream- -and not make dreams your master;

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Duino Elegies: The First Elegy

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels'
hierarchies? and even if one of them suddenly
pressed me against his heart, I would perish
in the embrace of his stronger existence.
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure and are awed
because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Each single angel is terrifying.
And so I force myself, swallow and hold back
the surging call of my dark sobbing.

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Unto Us...

by Spike Milligan

Somewhere at some time
They committed themselves to me
And so, I was!
Small, but I WAS!
Tiny, in shape
Lusting to live
I hung in my pulsing cave.
Soon they knew of me
My mother --my father.
I had no say in my being

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Here Follows Some Verses Upon The Burning Of Our House

by Anne Bradstreet

In silent night when rest I took
For sorrow near I did not look
I waked was with thund'ring noise
And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.
That fearful sound of "Fire!" and "Fire!"
Let no man know is my desire.
I, starting up, the light did spy,
And to my God my heart did cry
To strengthen me in my distress
And not to leave me succorless.

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Norman And Saxon

by Rudyard Kipling

My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir
To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share
When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is.
But before you go over to rule it I want you to understand this:—

"The Saxon is not like us Normans, His manners are not so polite.
But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right.
When he stands like an ox in the furrow with his sullen set eyes on your own,
And grumbles, "This isn't fair dealings," my son, leave the Saxon alone.

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Recent Trust Poems

No Faith In Freedom

by Frangipani Rhett

My house is just that
A place for sleeping and belonging
But I don't want to go into it
Because of my issues from my trauma

My social media is for connections
But I'm terrified of the prison
Of my family's hate
and their relentless criticism

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Het zijn de kleine dingen die het doen

by Mario Odekerken

Een zachte blik,
een hand op je schouder,
het fluisteren van de wind door de bomen,
een onverwacht gebaar,
het zonlicht dat tussen de bladeren speelt
en de stilte die soms meer zegt dan woorden.

In het alledaagse,
verpakt in eenvoud,
vindt het leven zijn eigen waarde.

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Beyond Words

by Aloo Denish Obiero

The language of love requires no translation,
The language of trust needs no explanation,
The language of honesty needs no interpretation,
The language of wisdom requires no noise,
The language of kindness requires no words.

Let Enthusiasm Blossom

by mv venkataraman

He who gives up loses,
He who quits not succeeds,
Only a believer God blesses,
As his ideas are fertile seeds,
Success when one misses,
He must check all his deeds,

Defeat may come to beat,
Greet it by being calmly sweet,
Repeat acts, so glory you meet,

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trust

by Sirena V

one day i’ll be able to articulate just
how far and deep
the well of my spirit travels.

as i take the time to swim through the
guarded tunnel,
the deep funk of
angst and vulnerability
fills the space inside.

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