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Heartfelt Classic Poems by Famous Poets

Poetry turns words into art. Poetry speaks to the soul in a way everyday conversation cannot. Poetry can hurt and it can heal. Poetry can express emotions even in the most intensely joyous or grievous times. Many famous poems are famous for just that reason. Who could forget the sometimes passionate and sometimes melancholy words of poets like Edgar Allen Poe, Maya Angelou, and Emily Dickinson? They open our eyes and our hearts to times past, while reminding us that human nature remains essentially the same no matter when or where one lives.

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1 Death Is Nothing At All By Henry Scott-Holland

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2 Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep By Clare Harner

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3 If By Rudyard Kipling

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4 The Invitation By Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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5 A Child Of Mine By Edgar A. Guest

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6 [i Carry Your Heart With Me(i Carry It In] By E.E. Cummings

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7 But You Didn't By Merrill Glass

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8 Keep Going By Edgar A. Guest

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9 Have You Earned Your Tomorrow By Edgar A. Guest

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10 Still I Rise By Maya Angelou

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11 Phenomenal Woman By Maya Angelou

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12 Solitude By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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13 Invictus By William Ernest Henley

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14 Human Family By Maya Angelou

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15 Sick By Shel Silverstein

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16 Alone By Maya Angelou

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17 If You Forget Me By Pablo Neruda

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18 I Love You By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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19 If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking By Emily Dickinson

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20 Now We Are Six By A. A. Milne

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21 Wind On The Hill By A. A. Milne

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22 When Tomorrow Starts Without Me By David Romano

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23 Good Timber By Douglas Malloch

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24 When Great Trees Fall By Maya Angelou

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25 I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud By William Wordsworth

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26 See It Through By Edgar A. Guest

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27 The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost

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28 Dreams By Langston Hughes

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29 The Three Little Pigs By Roald Dahl

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30 How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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31 Cinderella By Roald Dahl

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32 Snowball By Shel Silverstein

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33 Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost

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34 Mother To Son By Langston Hughes

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35 The Mountain And The Squirrel By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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36 Waiting At The Window By A. A. Milne

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37 Halfway Down By A. A. Milne

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38 Messy Room By Shel Silverstein

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39 Being Brave At Night By Edgar A. Guest

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40 The Rainbow By Christina Rossetti

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41 Friends By Abbie Farwell Brown

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42 Thanksgiving By Edgar A. Guest

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43 Sanctuary By Douglas Malloch

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44 The Old Mill By J. R. Eastwood

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45 When April Comes By Virna Sheard

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46 Clinching The Bolt By Edgar A. Guest

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47 Defeat By Kahlil Gibran

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48 It's September By Edgar A. Guest

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49 Touched By An Angel By Maya Angelou

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50 A Red, Red Rose By Robert Burns

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51 Tulips By Sylvia Plath

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52 The Power Of The Dog By Rudyard Kipling

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53 Fear By Kahlil Gibran

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54 Winter Stars By Sara Teasdale

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55 The Children's Hour By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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56 This, Too, Will Pass By Grace Noll Crowell

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57 Invitation To Love By Paul Laurence Dunbar

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58 The Little Boy And The Old Man By Shel Silverstein

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59 On Marriage By Kahlil Gibran

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60 Start Where You Stand By Berton Braley

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61 Courage By Edgar A. Guest

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62 Equipment By Edgar A. Guest

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63 A Friend's Greeting By Edgar A. Guest

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64 Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines By Pablo Neruda

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65 When I Die I Want Your Hands On My Eyes By Pablo Neruda

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66 Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe

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67 Life's Scars By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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68 One Hundred Love Sonnets By Pablo Neruda

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69 It Couldn't Be Done By Edgar A. Guest

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70 The Stick-Together Families By Edgar A. Guest

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71 Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By Robert Frost

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72 A Psalm Of Life By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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73 Be The Best Of Whatever You Are By Douglas Malloch

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74 'Twas The Night Before Christmas By Clement Clarke Moore

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75 The Paradoxical Commandments By Kent M. Keith

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76 Alone By Edgar Allan Poe

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77 Love's Language By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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78 The Pig By Roald Dahl

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79 Television By Roald Dahl

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80 Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf By Roald Dahl

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81 Hug O' War By Shel Silverstein

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82 Sea Fever By John Masefield

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83 Don't Go Far Off, Not Even For A Day By Pablo Neruda

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84 Love Sonnet XI By Pablo Neruda

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85 Caged Bird By Maya Angelou

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86 Life Doesn't Frighten Me By Maya Angelou

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87 Winter Morning Poem By Ogden Nash

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88 A Word To Husbands By Ogden Nash

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89 The People Upstairs By Ogden Nash

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90 Sneezles By A. A. Milne

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91 The Moon By Robert Louis Stevenson

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92 The Spider And The Fly By Mary Howitt

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93 The Swing By Robert Louis Stevenson

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94 Listen To The MUSTN'TS By Shel Silverstein

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95 Dirty Face By Shel Silverstein

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96 My Shadow By Robert Louis Stevenson

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97 If I Were King By A. A. Milne

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