Poems of Joy and Celebration

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What better way to celebrate the positive side of life than with these treasured inspirational verses Poetry has a way of distilling emotion into a few well-chosen words which can both move and delight us. From Shelley's lyrical Ode to the West Wind and Keats' delighting in the 'poetry of earth' to Hardy's The Darkling Thrush and Whitman's 'noiseless patient spider', these poems draw inspiration from nature, creativity, spirituality, and, at times, from the simple pleasure of irreverence. Here you are sure to find something to seize your imagination and lift your mood, whatever life chooses to throw at you.