Beverly's Favorite Poetry Page


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		Poetry speaks to the hearts and souls of all people. This page is dedicated to the belief that appreciation of poetry leads to a greater understanding of mankind's purpose. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to read some of my all-time favorite poems. Then check out the button links on the left side of the page for links to different pages within my website. Thank you for your support!

COMPROMISE

Compromise is all about meeting life's demands,

hearing how another feels and trying to understand.

It's about giving and caring for the ones you call your friends
and if there are some differences, it's about how to make amends.

Neither giving up too much, or too little, is the task.
Adjusting your principles is not too much to ask.

Being strong willed and stubborn is friendship's demise
but if you can give a little then you've learned to compromise.

© Carolyn Reineke Matthews

LOVE

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer,
no disease that enough love will not heal,
no door that enough love will not bridge,
no wall that enough love will not throw down,
no sin that enough love will not redeem...

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble,
how hopeless the outlook,
how muddled the tangle,
or how great the mistake.

A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

If only you could love enough,
you could be the happiest and most powerful being in the world...

© Emmett Fox

WORDS, WIDE NIGHT

Somewhere on the other side of this wide night and the distance between us,
I am thinking of you.

The room is turning slowly away from the moon.
This is pleasurable. Or shall I cross that out and say it is sad?

In one of the tenses I am singing an impossible song of desire that you cannot hear.

La la la la. See?
I close my eyes and imagine the dark hills I would have to cross to reach you,
For I am in love with you and this is what it is like

or what it is like in words.

© CAROL ANN DUFFY

IT'S REALLY YOU

Did you ever have a plan,
a dream
and think it would be right for you?

For one moment in your life
believed
heaven would decide for you?

That feeling deep inside
will guide you
to a love you will treasure
It's you and I forever

Just keep on believing
It's really you
It's really me
For all the things
we ever wanted to be
The time is right
and you're here tonight
so take my hand and show that you understand

Now I know...
It's really you
and it's me

© TARNEY SPENCER BAND