We are offering free books of poems by one of our community writers, Ana Lisa de Jong. New Zealand poet Ana Lisa De Jong has made her beautiful poems available for …
A series of poems on love would not be complete without Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116. The sonnet appeared in Emma Thompson’s screenplay for the film of Sense and Sensibility, and is …
Today’s love poem The Good Morrow is from one of the greats of English literature, John Donne. (1572 – 1631) Amazingly this was probably his earliest poem. It weaves sensual and spiritual …
As Valentine’s Day approaches I find myself thinking a lot about the real meaning of love. I feel this poem by Mary Oliver is a great one to reflect on …
In her newest book of poems Heart Psalms: Songs of the Heart, which I am thoroughly enjoying reading at the moment as part of my morning meditations, Ana Lisa De Jong …
Today poet Mary Oliver died. It was her poem Snow Geese in her book Why I Wake Early that first captured my attention. It begins with the beautiful lines: O to love what is lovely …
By Ana Lisa de Jong — CHRISTMAS BEEN Christmas is for a moment the veil lifted, the light of Christ appearing through the mist. The bright glow of a candle …
Today’s poem, a beautiful one to reflect on as we draw to the close of the year, was written by Irish poet and author John O’Donohue who died in 2008. …
