"Praise for the Lord's Merciful Kindness" : The King James Bible

PRAISE FOR THE LORD'S MERCIFUL KINDNESS

from the Bible: Psalm 117 (King James Version)

O praise the Lord, all ye nations:

Praise him, all ye people.

For his merciful kindness is great toward us:

And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever.

Praise ye the Lord.

"A narrow fellow in the grass" by Emily Dickinson : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem: A narrow fellow in the grass (1096) by Emily Dickinson : The Poetry Foundation

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

American poet

"God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Poetry Foundation

Read this classic poem: God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins : The Poetry Foundation

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

English poet

"The Well Rising" by William E. Stafford : The Poetry Foundation

Read this nature poem about spring: The Well Rising by William E. Stafford : The Poetry Foundation

William E. Stafford (1914-1993)

American poet

"Motor Lodge" by John Drury : American Life in Poetry

Read this poem about a summer job the author of the poem had when young: Motor Lodge by John Drury : American Life in Poetry

Albert Camus on beatitude

A found poem, a quotation from Algerian-born French novelist, dramatist, philosopher, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960):

Blessed are the hearts that can bend;
they shall never be broken.

"Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Listen to a recording of a man reading this classic poem by English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889): Spring and Fall / Poem of the Day : The Poetry Foundation

Gerard Manley Hopkins

"Fishing on the Susquehanna in July" by Billy Collins : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by the American poet who was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003: Fishing on the Susquehanna in July by Billy Collins : The Poetry Foundation

Billy Collins
(Photo by Steven Kovich)

"Under Stars" by Tess Gallagher : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poem by American poet, essayist, and short-story writer Tess Gallagher, who was born on this day in 1943: Under Stars by Tess Gallagher : The Poetry Foundation

Tess Gallagher

(Photo by Brian Farrell)

"The Guitar" by Patrick Phillips : American Life in Poetry

Read the poem "The Guitar" by Patrick Phillips and American poet Ted Kooser's introduction to it in Column 539 of American Life in Poetry.

"The Blue Booby" by James Tate : Poetry Magazine

The Blue Booby by James Tate : Poetry Magazine

"The Ninth of July" by John Hollander : The Poetry Foundation

The Ninth of July by John Hollander : The Poetry Foundation

"Six-Word Poem" by Monty Gilmer

SIX-WORD POEM
by Monty Gilmer

July.
Thunderclouds and lightning
Bugs fly.


First appeared in Six-Word Memoirs, http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com