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
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
How It Might Continue
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Wherever we go, the chance for joy,whole orchards of amazement— one more reason to always…
Poetry
More
by James Crews
I know it's summer when we wade outinto the field and pick these crisp wonders,tiny…
Collections
One Brief Sparkling Flash: A Collection of Haiku
by The Grateful Living Team
We created an 8-day exploration of haiku as gratefulness practice in the Spring of 2019…
Poetry
In Praise & Gratitude
by Beverly Lanzetta
This prayer can be read following the movements: bow, kneel, lay, rise, heart, pray, bow
Poetry
Improvement
by Danusha Laméris
The optometrist says my eyesare getting better each year.Soon he’ll have to lower my prescription.What’s…
Poetry
We Are Living Now
by Richard Wehrman
We are living now our regrets and our failures, the ache of what we wish could be again,…
Poetry
Praise of Darkness
by Francine Marie Tolf
We touch one another with defter fingers at night. Rain sounds different, its steady falling…
Poetry
Letter to My Body
by Joy Ladin
Philosophers shilly-shally, but it’s true: you are me; I am you. This dust, these rays,…
Poetry
instead of “thank you,” try “no thank you”
by Maya Stein
Take the thorny, inconvenient step. Create a mess outside your usual jurisdiction.Stop leaning on the learned…
Poetry
But You Thought You Knew What a Sign Looked Like
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Open your hands, lift them. —William Stafford, “Today” The parking space beside the store…
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Any Morning
by William Stafford
Just lying on the couch and being happy.Only humming a little, the quiet sound in…
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