Special Cover-19 Lockdown Inspirational Poem: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams 
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

by Langston Hughes

For more information about poet, Langston Hughes, see:

https://www.biography.com/writer/langston-hughes

Special Cover-19 Lockdown Inspirational Poem: "If I can stop one heart from breaking" by Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

by Emily Dickinson

For more information on poet, Emily Dickinson, see:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson

Special Cover-19 Lockdown Inspirational Poem: "Be the Best of Whatever You are" by Douglas Malloch

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

  Be a scrub in the valley — but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

  Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

  And some highway happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass —

  But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

  There's something for all of us here,

There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,

  And the task you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,

  If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or you fail —

  Be the best of whatever you are!

by Douglas Malloch

For more information on poet, Douglas Malloch, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Malloch