6 Poems for your Summer Staycation

Summer is here. You don't have to be sitting in a faraway place to enjoy your vacation. Following is a list of poems to delve into during your time-off at home.

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1. "When You Are Old" by W.B. Yeats:

A poem on reminiscence.

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2. "A Poison Tree" by William Blake

Blake sheds light on the importance of addressing one's negative emotions and highlights the destructive consequences of repressed anger.

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3. "Leisure" by William Henry Davies

Draws attention to the lack of time for the simpler pleasures in life.

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4. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Poignant reminder of how appearances can be often deceptive and those who seem so put-together may also need to be looked-out for.

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5. "If" by Rudyard Kipling

Extraordinary read on 'becoming'.

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6. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

On transience 

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