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