…in no particular order:
- Emily Dickinson, “Much Madness“
- Wendell Berry, “The Peace of Wild Things“
- Denise Levertov, “St. Peter and the Angel“
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Days“
- e. e. cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing day“
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Earth’s crammed with heaven“
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses“
- Jane Hirschfield, “The Decision“
- G.K. Chesteron, “Evening“
- John Updike, “Seven Stanzas at Easter“
And one for good measure: Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road“
Nice list! I don’t know if I could do this. Too hard to narrow it down.