Theme · 6 poems
Poems About Kindness
Small mercies, robins helped to nests, hearts kept from breaking: poems about the gentlest kind of greatness.
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Abou Ben Adhem
Leigh Hunt · 1834
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,And saw within the moonlight in his room,
18 lines · narrative
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
Emily Dickinson · 1890
If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;If I can ease one life the aching,
7 lines · lyric
Until You're Well
The QuillOak Editors
While you mend,the world has agreed to wait —the jokes will keep,
8 lines · free verse
Happy Debts
The QuillOak Editors
Some debts are happy ones.What you did —the showing up, the staying late,
8 lines · free verse
Two Syllables
The QuillOak Editors
"Thank you" is a small return —two syllables, one breath —for someone who showed up and stayed
8 lines · lyric
The Forest, Writing Back
The QuillOak Editors
You won't remember every student;there were thousands. Fair enough.But somewhere out here, all grown,
8 lines · free verse