The document contains 5 poems about empowerment and resilience. The first poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay is about choosing to be glad despite past mistakes. The second by Mary Oliver says nature calls to our imagination. The third by Maya Angelou celebrates her identity as a phenomenal woman. The fourth by Maya Angelou says that though others may try to hurt her with words or hate, she will still rise up. The last by Emily Dickinson says if she can help ease even one person's pain, then she will not have lived in vain.
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Some simple poetry to get students motivated into reading more
The document contains 5 poems about empowerment and resilience. The first poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay is about choosing to be glad despite past mistakes. The second by Mary Oliver says nature calls to our imagination. The third by Maya Angelou celebrates her identity as a phenomenal woman. The fourth by Maya Angelou says that though others may try to hurt her with words or hate, she will still rise up. The last by Emily Dickinson says if she can help ease even one person's pain, then she will not have lived in vain.
The document contains 5 poems about empowerment and resilience. The first poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay is about choosing to be glad despite past mistakes. The second by Mary Oliver says nature calls to our imagination. The third by Maya Angelou celebrates her identity as a phenomenal woman. The fourth by Maya Angelou says that though others may try to hurt her with words or hate, she will still rise up. The last by Emily Dickinson says if she can help ease even one person's pain, then she will not have lived in vain.
And took a book I had, And put a ribbon on my hair To please a passing lad, And, ‘One thing there’s no getting by— I’ve been a wicked girl,’ said I: ’But if I can’t be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!’” — EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, THE PENITENT
“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” — MARY OLIVER, WILD GEESE
“When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud. I say, It’s in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need for my care. ’Cause I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me.” — MAYA ANGELOU, PHENOMENAL WOMAN
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. MAYA ANGELOU
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.