1) American poem 2) Essential things 3) List of items wanted 4) Missing essentials 5) Needed things 6) Needful things 7) Things needed 8) Things needed and wanted 9) Things sought for 1) Needs 
`Desiderata` (Latin: `desired things`) is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann. Largely unknown in the author`s lifetime, the text became widely known after its use in a devotional and after spoken-word recordings in 1971 and 1972. ==History== Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignora...
• (pl. ) of Desideratum • (n. pl.) See Desideratum.
De·sid`e·ra'ta noun plural See Desideratum . 
desiderata (plural) Things that are desired but not yet on hand or in one's possession, e.g. provisions for travel.