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Poetry: Upper School

Shelter in Poems

Poems to Take Shelter In

Here is a selection of poems that were chosen from Poets.org by our readers for you to take shelter in: 

The Days to Come” by Medora C. Addison
Alone” by Maya Angelou
The 19th Amendment & My Mama” by Mahogany L. Browne
Again a Solstice” by Jennifer Chang
Blessing the Boats” by Lucille Clifton
Manhattan is a Lenape Word” by Natalie Diaz
Hope is the thing with feathers (254)” by Emily Dickinson
The Changing Light” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Migration” by Jenny George
This Bridge Across” by Christopher Gilbert
Consider the Hands that Write This Letter” by Aracelis Girmay
Invictus” by William Ernest Henley
Let Evening Come” by Jane Kenyon
The Conditional” by Ada Limón
Thanks” by W. S. Merwin 
Shedding Skin” by Harryette Mullen
Octopus Empire” by Marilyn Nelson
The Bronze Legacy” by Effie Lee Newsome
Gate A-4” by Naomi Shihab Nye 
Shaking Hands” by Pádraig Ó Tuama
The Psychic” by Victoria Redel
Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich
Patience” by Kay Ryan
Everyone Sang” by Siegfried Sassoon
Spring Morning” by Marion Strobel
Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas
Danse Russe” by William Carlos Williams

 

 

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