Soul Poem

- A selection of soul-stirring poems, arranged by theme - 

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Acceptance

- Wild Geese (Mary Oliver)

- (The) Guest House (Rumi)

 

 

Awareness

- Awareness (John Austin)

- (The) Hospital (Patrick Kavanagh)

- Television (Roald Dahl)

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Commitment

- On Commitment (Goethe)

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Freedom

- One Art (Elizabeth Bishop)

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(On being) Enough

- Enough (David Whyte)

- (The) Peace of Wild Things (Wendell Berry)

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Listening:

...to your body:

- A Scientist's Advice on Healing (Christy Ducker) 

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...to the whole psyche

- (The) Breeze at Dawn (Rumi)

- (The) Well of Grief (David Whyte)

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...to something larger than yourself:

- Praying (Mary Oliver)

- You Are the Sun in Drag (Hafiz)

- (The) Bell & The Blackbird (David Whyte)

 

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Loneliness

- Everything is Waiting for You (David Whyte)

- Solitude (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

- (The) Waterwheel (Rumi)

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Love

- Love After Love (Derek Walcott)

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Perspective:

- Mameen (David Whyte)

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