Feeling Poetic: A Book of Poetry

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Every day, every minute, you go through different emotions. A part of us that nobody can take away or easily understand. Emotions are derived from feelings which are further derived from relationships, mood, and circumstances. Emotions are generally strong feelings. Happiness, sadness, anger, hurt, etc. bring out various types of emotions. On The Unprecedented Cult, it is all about penning down the raw feelings. Thus, TUC is carved out of poems and songs that relate to emotions, expressions, and experiences. A “mother tongue” is a native language, and “the press” is often used as a broad metonym for journalists. Some metonyms are no longer in use, and can be worked into poems to show setting and context—for instance, “hot ice” to mean stolen diamonds. 15. Motif This is where poetry comes in, making use of the rhymes and rhythms that have helped us find speech from infancy, calling attention to the auditory qualities of language to convey meaning through feeling.

Inward-looking in style, Rupi Kaur’s collection of poems, from Milk and Honey, centers around the theme of self-love (which is also a form of introspection). Kaur’s poems ironically remind us that the emotional attention and love that we crave and desire is not something that can be sought in the outside world. Her clarion call to prioritize one’s self and start living intentionally is one that resonates deeply with today’s increasingly alienated generation. 8. "Sonnet 29", by William Shakespeare

60. "poem I wrote sitting across the table from you" by Kevin Varrone 

A zeugma, as well as being your new secret weapon in Scrabble, is a poetic device that was used quite a lot in old Greek poetry but isn’t seen as much these days—largely because it’s difficult to do well. It’s when a poet uses a word in one sentence to mean two different things, often meaning a literal one, and one meaning a figurative one. What the teacher said when asked: What er we avin for geography, Miss? by John Agard, In the Land of Giants by George Szirtes, The Taste of a Biscuit by AF Harrold, When Granny by Valerie Bloom, Isn’t My Name Magical? by James Berry, Heights by Aoife Mannix Sometimes the words might be used together in a different way—“Never let a Fool Kiss You, or a Kiss Fool You”—or sometimes it may be the concepts of the idea that are presented in reflection—“My heart burned with anguish, and chilled was my body when I heard of his death”—with “heart” and “body” as parallels bookending the contrasting ideas of “burned” and “chilled.”

If you’re looking for a little courage, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is the poem to turn to. Angelou takes us into the mind of a child who lists an elaborate array of things that seemingly don’t frighten her — ‘shadows’, ‘big ghosts’ or even ‘tough guys’. The refrain ‘frighten me at all’, is repeated ten times throughout the poem. This repetition causes one to question the speaker’s honesty — is the child really not frightened? Or is this repetition simply a way to make her feel braver? Whether the child is truly unafraid or not, this poem perfectly encapsulates the concept of facing your fears with a smile. 12. "A Psalm of Life", by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The speaker in Lisa Olstein’s ‘Dear One Absent This Long While’ is anxiously waiting for her loved one to return home. The nervous buzz of anticipation as the speaker waits to return to a life of comfort and mundanity, a puzzle from which their lover is the only missing piece, gives this love poem a beautiful raw honesty. 45. "My Lover Is a Woman" by Pat Parker my lover is a woman & when i hold her feel her warmth i feel good feel safe Here you will find a selection of rhyming poems on emotions that explore the full range of human emotions, all in rhyming form. 1. The Battlefield Symphony

11. "Life Doesn’t Frighten Me", by Maya Angelou

One of the poems that are intense and full of emotions. It talks about the victim of an abusive relationship and dark memories related to it. The poem ends with the hope that someday the victim would be able to overcome the misery and live a peaceful life. A longing for genuine, passionate, all-encompassing love is the central theme of Sara Tesdale’s ‘I Am Not Yours’. The speaker doesn’t feel any sense of belonging in her current relationship, and wants to find a partner who makes her feel lost in their love. 59. "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white; Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk; Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font. The firefly wakens; waken thou with me. Love Poems Wall Zone: Poems about various aspects of love: true love, broken love, fake love, love and pain, eternal bond, and more. On reading “A Psalm of Life” , you might just feel an instant urge to live your best life. The poem rejects the idea that life can be broken down into meaningless, emotionless metrics. It advocates that life is neither made to suffer through, nor is it made to solely enjoy. While both these emotions are a part of the journey, the purpose of life is ‘to act’, improve oneself, and make each day better than the previous one. 13. "Do not go gentle into that good night", by Dylan Thomas The power of words is truly remarkable. They can evoke emotions that are felt all over the world. Poetry expressing feelings and emotions is powerful and meaningful.

As infants, we begin learning language in interaction with a caregiver, imitating the shapes of their mouth, and waving our arms and legs in excitement and frustration at the repetitive noises they make, until eventually we are able to imitate their sounds. Those sounds are accompanied by feelings, related most strongly to a desire to communicate beyond the boundaries of ourselves. The didactic tone of “Desiderata” stems from the fact that it is a poem Max Ehrmann wrote to his daughter as a manifesto to living a happy life. In Latin, desiderata means ‘things that are desired’. The poet lays out the ground rules he believes one must live by to have an authentic, virtuous life. The protective nature of Ehrmann’s advice to his daughter has resonated with millions, resulting in the poem being regarded as a manual to a life well-lived. 15. "Leisure", by W. H. Davies

18. "[love is more thicker than forget]" by E.E. Cummings

This beautiful love poem is part of Amoretti, a sonnet cycle about Edmund Spenser’s relationship with Elizabeth Boyle. Spenser explains in ‘Sonnet 75’ that — despite the seemingly portentous way his attempts to make a physical monument to his lover by writing her name in the sand is repeatedly foiled — his love for Boyle will never end, and he will do whatever it takes to make it last. 58. "I Am Not Yours" by Sara Teasdale And, that’s the wrap-up. These are our top 10 poems about emotions published on TUC. Let me know which one tops your list. However, cognitive neuroscience — and popular wisdom — suggest poetry actually exemplifies an important truth about language and human nature.

You Are the Penultimate Love of My Life’ is an unorthodox love poem, focusing on the realities rather than the fantasies of being in love. Rebecca Hazelton isn’t writing about her soulmate, and she’s aware of that — but that doesn’t make the love they share any less special. 32. "Yours" by Daniel Hoffman I am yours as the summer air at evening is Possessed by the scent of linden blossoms, A single sentence broken up into 8 small lines, Anaïs Nin’s “Risk” uses a flower as a metaphor, to remind us that there will come a day when the pain of complacency will exceed the pain of actually daring to make a change. The poem serves as an understated call to action — make the change now, no matter how scary. 2. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", by Robert Frost

13. "Love is a fire that burns unseen" by Luís Vaz de Camões

We hope that this collection of poems for emotions has been helpful in understanding and expressing your emotions. An example is the contagious effect of a smile. When we observe someone smiling, we mirror that action to understand it. Poetry is about emotion or is even written with it. We just naturally assume this because in most cases when we feel low or want to express our emotions, some of us do so through poetry. Emotion may be a standard in poetry, but it is not a priority, meaning it is not always necessary. A celebration of the universe’s connectedness, “Stream of life” reflects Tagore’s world view that humans create their own segregation. The rhythm and flow of the poem, along with lively descriptions of the stream of life like ‘dancing in rhythmic measures’, or ‘shooting with joy’ will uplift your mood instantly. The poem leaves us with an innate sense of belonging to the world we live in. Seen from Tagore’s lens, isn’t this an incredible world to be part of? 23. "Still I Rise", by Maya Angelou Always For The First Time’ is André Breton’s ode to a woman he has not met, but is willing to wait every day for. Breton was the French founder of the surrealist movement, which aimed to blur the lines between dreams and reality in art — explaining the rather whimsical nature of this beautiful love poem. 8. "Love and Friendship" by Emily Brontë