Poetry, with its impossible-seeming combination of soft lens and precision, brings to our awareness that which might otherwise go unnoticed and unappreciated. May these poems open your heart to the nuance and opportunity of each moment.
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Poetry
advice for the newly hatched
by Maya Stein
for C. Later, you will admire the tree you came from - its artistic notches,…
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Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in…
Poetry
Today’s Book of Delights
by Teresa Williams
After Ross Gay He is right; if we choose to look, we just might believe…
Poetry
Flood Rain’s Faithful Sister
by Terri Crosby
Rains come, pounding rooftops, saturating every inch of soil down to the deep. Water creeps…
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Dear Raspberry,
by Sage Cohen
When I returned Noeto the earth and she sent her staccato of sweetness upinto the…
Poetry
Evening Song
by Willa Cather
Dear love, what thing of all the things that be Is ever worth one thought…
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Right Here
by Dane Anthony
In gratitude to K & G Stop moving. Stand inone place - this place.Breathe slowly;…
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Promenade
by Brit Washburn
I wanted to feel stillnessso I went for a walk, watchedthe cobblestones passbeneath my feet,…
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Essential Gratitude
by Andrea Potos
Sometimes it just stuns youlike an arrow flung from some angel’s wing.Sometimes it hastily scribblesa…
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Translation
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Once I would say “table,” and mean“table.” Once, I would say“broccoli” and mean “broccoli.”I would…
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What I Want and What I Can Have
by Jeanie Greensfelder
After dinner, I try to digest kale and cauliflower in my longing to live longer,…
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The Call
by Richard Wehrman
It’s not the day on the calendar that makes the New Year new, it’s when…
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