Water droplets on bare tree branches sparkling in the morning sun
Poetry

Awe

by James Crews
It’s a shiver that climbs the trellisof the spine, each tingle a bright whitemorning glory…
A tiny plane surrounded by dark clouds.
Poetry

Gratefulness

by James Crews
The common understanding of the word “gratitude” simply does not convey the magnitude of gratefulness and…
Poetry

Telling My Father

by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning,sipping cold coffee, watching a crowdip down from…
soft-focus photo of prayer flags blowing in a gentle breeze at dawn
Practices

How to Love the World: A Poetry Practice Series

by James Crews
A four-week poetry practice guided by poet, James Crews.
Practices

How to Love the World: Turn Everything Off

by James Crews
Welcome to week four of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
The silhouette of an eagle soaring at sunset
Practices

How to Love the World: Grateful for Nature

by James Crews
Welcome to week three of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
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Poet James Crews

James Crews

About the author

James Crews is the author of the essay collection, Kindness Will Save the World, and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies: Healing the Divide, The Path to Kindness, How to Love the World, and The Wonder of Small Things. He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, People Magazine, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. He is the author of four prize-winning books of poetry: The Book of What StaysTelling My FatherBluebird, and Every Waking Moment, and his poems have appeared in the New York Times MagazinePloughsharesThe New Republic, and Prairie Schooner. James lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. For more information, visit: jamescrews.net.