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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These Mornings
by Richard Wehrman
All these morningsare one morning;over and over I amgreeted by the new day—who greets me…
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Grains of Hope
by David Sanchez
Grains of hope still remainMemories invade my brainWhen I seek peaceI feel knee-deep in the…
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Telling My Father
by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning,sipping cold coffee, watching a crowdip down from…
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All That Falls
by Terri Crosby
Do you love things that cascade?Do you adore rain falling in sheetsor over the ledge,…
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I Ask My Mother to Sing
by Li-Young Lee
She begins, and my grandmother joins her.Mother and daughter sing like young girls.If my father…
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A Fortunate Day
by Richard Wehrman
On a fortunate day,when night and day meet,and some silence passes betweenthem with no enmity,…
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