"Ray at 14" by Dorianne Laux : The Poetry Foundation

Read this poignant poem by Dorianne Laux about a family resemblance: Ray at 14

Dorianne Laux : The Poetry Foundation

"Grief and Sorrow: Two Quotations" from the Bible

GRIEF AND SORROW: TWO QUOTATIONS
from the Bible: Psalms 34:18 and 147:3 (King James Version)

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their wounds.

Song: "Let It Be," sung by John Denver

Listen to John Denver singing Paul McCartney's song "Let It Be" (1970) on YouTube.

John Denver in 1973

"A Sun-Bath -- Nakedness" (a prose work) by Walt Whitman : Bartleby.com

Read this short prose work from Specimen Days by Walt Whitman (1819-1892): "A Sun-Bath -- Nakedness"

Walt Whitman

"Russian Birch" by Nathaniel Bellows : Poets.org

Read this poem about trees, a poem by Nathaniel Bellows: "Russian Birch"

Chrysanthemum: An Anthology

Poetry

"The Final Say: Opportunity and Work" by Monty Gilmer

THE FINAL SAY: OPPORTUNITY AND WORK

by Monty Gilmer

There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
     -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.
     -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

The Final Say

Quotations I have paired up for comparison