For one of the wonderful poetry aunts, from The Complete Poems.
from At the Fishhouses / by Elizabeth Bishop
For spring, from Americanpoems.com.
from Spring and All / by William Carlos Williams
One by one objects are defined—
It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf
But now the stark dignity of
entrance—Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted they
grip down and begin to awaken
For our mother’s first day in Heaven today, from poetryfoundation.org.
from To a Child / by Sophie Jewett (1861-1909)
For wisdom, from The House on Marshland (1971).
from The Magi / by Louise Glück
Toward world’s end, through the bare
beginnings of winter, they are traveling again
For a change of scenery, perhaps a spring track meet in the rain in a distant city, from Four Quartets.
from East Coker: III / by T. S. Eliot
As, in a theatre,
The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed
With a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on
darkness,
And we know that the hills and trees, the distant panorama
And the bold imposing façade are all being rolled away —
For one of the dearest, from 77 Dream Songs.
from Dream Song #30 / by John Berryman
& I took up a pencil;
like this I’m longing with
For the tiniest things, like this one last tiny extra day of February, from Poetry, February 1961.
from 2 little whos / by E. E. Cummings
(2 little ams
and over them this
aflame with dreams
incredible is)
For the approaching season and the hope that I don’t miss the few lilac weeks this year, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Lilacs / by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
For peace in all its incarnations, from poetryfoundation.org.
from Tulips / by Sylvia Plath
For the upcoming holiday, from poetryfoundation.org.
from [love is more thicker than forget] / by e. e. cummings (1894–1962)
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