Now, people should do as I say. but no one has listened, no one even cares. If people would listen to me, The world would run much better! When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings. You've got to hold out your hand ... listen to me children make my dream true. I want to be genuine and spontaneous and me but you've got to help me. Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, read the following poem during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20: Listen! Listen To Me Poem by Arielle Perkins.You are so beautiful that it pains me to see you cry. I want to stop playing them. When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem. Stop it! Don’t talk or do – just hear me… And I can do for myself; I am not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless. Share . Some of the best poems to read aloud are those with an insistent rhythm which makes them ideal for chanting. Take a moment to listen today to what your children are trying to say, Listen to them, whatever you do or they won't be there to listen to you. As Xu says, Choi’s poems contemplate “living with death as one’s companion,” but instead of indulging in nihilism, her poems are often surprisingly hopeful. 5. Listen! Rate this Poem. Rating: 4.1 - 25 votes. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I'm not saying, what I'd like to be able to say, what for survival I need to say, but what I can't say. The world would run much better If people would obey me to the letter! When you do something for me that I can and need to do … but silence has stolen what I thought was real I tell you my fears and the thoughts on my mind. Listen to the Poem. I don't like hiding. Listen to their problems, listen to their needs Praise their smallest triumphs, praise their littlest deeds; Tolerate their chatter, amplify their laughter, I know you want to do what is right but find it so hard to try. My way of doing things is very much the best With the money you invest And the food that you digest. Don’t talk or do-just hear me. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings. All I ask is that you listen. you have failed me, strange as that may seem. children Don't hurt me more and more I beg your pardon you are falling behind behind in the feelings of love and care rise, rise up and up still you have enough time. When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem. Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Raven’. Don't talk or do - just hear me. It’s wrong of people not to. 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