Country
Beyond the city limits life is simpler and more honest. Our connections are warmer, and more hearty. These poems celebrate everything that comes with living closer to the land.
8 poems
For a new beginningby John O'Donohue, 1956 ~ 2008“The delight when your courage kindled and out you stepped onto new ground”
House of Stoneby Carmen Bugan, b. 1970“May your tears and your smiles happen always face to face.”
I love youby Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 1850 ~ 1919“I love your eyes when the lovelight lies lit with a passionate fire”
Invitation to loveby Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872 ~ 1906“Come, O Love, whenever you may, and you are welcome, welcome”
Loveby "Roy Croft" (disputed attribution)“You are helping me to make out of the lumber of my life, not a tavern, but a temple”
Marriage Morningby Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809 ~ 1892“This is the golden morning of love, and you are his morning star”
Song of the Open Roadby Walt Whitman, 1819 ~ 1892“I give you myself before preaching or law”
Wedding Toastby Richard Wilbur, 1921 ~ 2017“The world's fullness is not made, but found.”