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Inspiration for the Spirit

A lovely place to wander for poetry and inspiration to soothe the soul

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A Familiar Taste

A Love Poem

A Year in Art

Chinese Beauty by Der Jen (Dezhen)

Aleksandr Pushkin

"Woman in White" by William Merritt Chase, c.1888-90

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Almost a Whisper

Always

"Midsummer Eve" by Edward Robert Hughes, ca. 1908

Amy Lowell

puritan illustration

Anne Bradstreet

At the Pier

baseball love

Baseball Love

Be My Love

holding hands

Because

Bond and Free

by firelight

By Firelight

carousel

Carousel Dreams

"The Sewing" by Nom Kinnear King, giclee print

Christina Rossetti

"The Proposal" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1872

Christopher Marlowe

"Reflections (Marcelle)" by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1909

D. H. Lawrence

"Lady Lilith" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Drowned in a Raindrop

"Reminiscing by the Pond" by Armand Point (French 1861-1932), oil on canvas, 1893

Edmund Spenser

"Windflowers" by John William Waterhouse, 1903.

Eliza Acton

"The Soul of the Rose" by John William Waterhouse, 1908

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Fire and Ice

Fusion

"Spring Idyll" by George Henry Boughton, 1901

George Gordon, Lord Byron

Goodnight Kiss

Grandfather’s Love

Heavenly Love

How to Make a Woman Fall in Love

I know I am but summer to your heart

winter tree

In Winter When

jealousy

Jealousy

"The Love Letter" by August Toulmouche, 1883

Johann von Goethe

"Girl in Pink" by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1903

John Donne

" Embrace the Light" by Christian Schloe, digital art, 2019

John Keats

"The Bouquet" (a study) by John William Waterhouse. 1908

John Wilbye

love string

Love ♥ The Greatest Gift

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Love and Relationships

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Inspiration for the Spirit is all about love—not only romantic love, but also love for our fellow man, loving life and its many wonders and, most importantly, the love of self that comes when you are truly content with the person you are ... Read more
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“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” —Buddha
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