Wednesday, April 9, 2025

National Poetry Month: New Every Morning by Susan Coolidge

It's National Poetry Month, if DT hasn't issued an executive order to banish it yet. (He seems determined to destroy everything I love, so I guess it's just a matter of time.)

To celebrate poetry this month, I'm sharing a few lines from a poem I love along with an illustration I drew or a photo I took. I'll include a link to the entire poem below.



       A new morning from my window in the Piedmont area of Italy, 2023

 
New Every Morning
Susan Coolidge 
 
...Every day is a fresh beginning;
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,
And, spite of old sorrow and older sinning,
And puzzles forecasted and possible pain,
Take heart with the day, and begin again.

 

The full poem, "New Every Morning" by Susan Coolidge, is here.




For more photos, link up at Wordless WednesdayComedy PlusMessymimi's MeanderingsKeith's RamblingsCreate With JoyWild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.



16 comments:

  1. Perfectly said. Beautiful poem.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  2. I followed the link and I'm so pleased I did, it's a delightful poem.

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  3. "Take heart with the day, and begin again." What good words, so very needed by me, by all of us. Thanks. Parenthetically, your use of the initials DT made me chuckle and think of the "DT's" (delirium tremens). Apt.

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    1. Always feel free to leave a link to your blog if it doesn't appear in your profile.

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    2. Thank you. I don't have a blog, just a Facebook and Instagram profile. I enjoy your blog very much.

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  4. Perfect words to live by these days! Thank you, Deb.

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  5. Aren't we lucky to wake up and read your poem? Not everybody has that luxury, and I'm grateful for a new day.

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  6. Take heart with the day and begin again. I need to remember that one!

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  7. Beautiful image and poem, thanks for sharing, Deb.

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  8. My family has had some hard times recently, but I came to realize that each day is a new beginning, and it helped me through some tough days. Love that photo.

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  9. That's a lovely poem & thanks for the link to the whole--a new poet for me.

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