For today, a poem courtesy of the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts; others are accessible by clicking on its name and subscribing to their free newsletter. (IRAN, GAZA, WEST BANK, UKRAINE and COVID ETC. entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. POETRY 1-17-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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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
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Or help one fainting Robin
Unto his Nest again
I shall not live in vain
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