Woman sitting on a bed with coffee and book of poetry

Light reflected on tiny leaves.
Poetry

From Which It All Began

by Bernadette Miller
Tell me, whatwould you do todayif you knew your lifeto be a celebrationof this world?…
Poetry

The Miracle

by Michael Goldman
It is not thatthe sun comes upor the earth goes aroundor that the plants sproutand…
dew drops sparkling on blades of grass in the morning sun
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Instructions for the Journey

by Pat Schneider
The self you leave behindis only a skin you have outgrown.Don’t grieve for it.Look to…
Poetry

Renting

by Marjorie Maddox
Who wouldn’t choose the just-washed white of this Aspire scripted with eighteen small miles on…
Poetry

Rethinking Regret

by Elaine Sexton
Let’s thank our mistakes, let’s bless themfor their humanity, their terribly weak chins.We should offer…
Poetry

Serenity

by Nadine Pinede
—for Papa Sitting on the deck by the river hushed and soft with the light…
Poetry

Gratitude

by Barbara Crooker
This week, the news of the world is bleak, another wargrinding on, and all these…
Poetry

Why Are You Standing There, Looking at the Sky (Acts 1:11)

by Edda Hackl
Someone says “Good-bye”and disappears behinddoors or fades intothe distance ina train or a car.We might…
Poetry

Following Treatment, I Wonder

by Terry Martin
This might be the bestI’ll ever feel, these aches,these pains, this deep fatigue—maybe as good…
Poetry

To See It

by Laura Foley
We need to separateto see the life we’ve made,to leave our housewhere someone waits, patiently,warm…
Poetry

what bears repeating

by Maya Stein
"Bless you" to the spouse in the middle of another sneezing fit prompted by an…
Poetry

Scratch, Sniff

by Katie Rubinstein
It was weeks ago nowthat first month of September we spent here on this island,still…
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