The Healing Poems

Online Literary Journal

Poems about accepting yourself, self-acceptance, accepting others.

Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness; and concealed often hardens into revenge.

Poems about losing loved one, funeral poems

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

"I know you may be suffering now, I see you curled up by the wall, and the only thing I CAN do, is to FEEL your tears with my soul..."

"It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually."

"It takes a lot of courage to stand up to a bully. But it takes far greater courage to stand up to our own resistance, to the bully within."

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”

"Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise."

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”

"I cannot really change how tall I am, but I can change how tall I stand."

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

"Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment."

"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings."

"I know you maybe suffering now, I see you curled up by the wall, and the only thing I can do, is to feel your tears with my soul..."

"I cannot change how old I am, but I CAN change how young I feel."

"Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up."

Poems about awareness of and ending abuse, speaking up, surviving domestic vionence and finding your voice.

"All in me wants to quit, no strength to go on... Yet, to this one small seed of hope I choose to hold on."

"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain and play with it."

"Inspiration exists, but you have to find it working."

"If we can teach our children to use their intuitive mind together with their rational mind, we have given them a priceless gift for life."

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"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

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"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling."

"Time does not go fast. We do."

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

"When we were children we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."

Relinquishment

Growing older, aging

Now that it’s my turn to scale down to comfortable shoes I realize that parting with my heels...

Comfort

Grief, Comforting

I embraced her, kissed her tears, drenching my lips and the pillow...

First Word on Courage

I do what I am told by guilt and by fear which are so very loud that my voice...

FROM the author

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Liliana Kohann is a writer, singer/songwriter, inspirational poet, filmmaker, and illustrator. "A Thin Book of Fat Poems by Liliana Kohann is a wonderful book of poetry and journal entries that will take you on a journey of self-discovery. A perfect gift for any woman (or man) who wants to make powerful changes in her life and be entertained in the process...." —Reader's Favorite

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