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.

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

A poem on reminiscence.

Read it here.

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.

Read it here.

3. "Leisure" by William Henry Davies

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

Read it here.

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.

Read it here.

5. "If" by Rudyard Kipling

Extraordinary read on 'becoming'.

Read it here.

6. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop

On transience

Read it here.