White-throated sparrows dart in and out of the hedgerow, their sweet long notes rising above…
Poetry
Nativity
by Barbara Crooker
The amaryllis bulb, dumb as dirt, inert, how can anything spring from this clod, this…
Poetry
In the Middle
by Barbara Crooker
of a life that’s as complicated as everyone else’s,struggling for balance, juggling time.The mantle clock…
Poetry
Gratitude
by Barbara Crooker
This week, the news of the world is bleak, another war grinding on, and all…
Poetry
Life
by Barbara Crooker
This is what life does. It hits you like a stone through the window in…
Poetry
Ordinary Life
by Barbara Crooker
This was a day when nothing happened, the children went off to school without a…
Poetry
Solstice
by Barbara Crooker
These are dark times. Rumors of war rise like smoke in the east. Drought widens…
Poetry
Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself,
by Barbara Crooker
like this morning, when the wild geese came squawking, flapping their rusty hinges, and something…
Poetry
Ode to Chocolate
by Barbara Crooker
I hate milk chocolate, don't want clouds of cream diluting the dark night sky, don't…
Poetry
All That Is Glorious Around Us
by Barbara Crooker
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Barbara Crooker
About the author
Barbara Crooker is an award-winning poet whose poems have been featured in various media outlets such as the BBC, in magazines, and in numerous anthologies. Her most recent books include Slow Wreckage (Grayson Books, 2024); Some Glad Morning (Pitt Poetry Series, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), The Book of Kells (Cascade Books, 2018, winner of the Best Poetry Book 2018 from Poetry by the Sea), and Les Fauves (C&R Press, 2017). For more information, visit barbaracrooker.com.