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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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love

a rose is a rose

Love Is

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink

Meeting and Passing

thick woods

Miracle Man

Moonlight Encounters

Oceanwave

open your mind

Open Mind, Open Heart

"To Kiss a Spy" by Alan Ayers

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Pity

going to war

Richard Lovelace

Illustration by Harrison Fisher

Robert Browning

Robert Burns

"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May" by John William Waterhouse, 1909

Robert Herrick

"Warm Afternoon" by Guy Rose, 1910

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

fresh flowers

Serendipity

“The Young Shepherdess” by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1885

Sir Walter Ralegh

rain in the city

Spring Rain

The Dance

The Darkening

wine, candy, and flowers

The First Anniversary

The First Strawberry: A Cherokee Legend

The Harvest of Their Years

The Invitation

tree

The Seed

harvest girl

Thomas Hood

Those Who Love

"The Red Kimono" by Georg Hendrik Breitner, oil on panel, 1894

To E

man wearing ball cap

To Earthward

Union Square

Venice

Venice

man and woma

What to Do When Your Relationship is Not Working Out

When You Are Old

floral illustration

When you, that at this moment are to me

"Spring" by Robert Lewis Reid, ca. 1906

William Cowper

"Marguerite" by Hugues Merle

William Shakespeare

"Lady with the Violet Corsage" by Lilla Cabot Perry, 1903

William Wordsworth

Winter Whispers

Young Love

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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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