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
No Mistake
by Richard Wehrman
Beloved,you know whoI’m calling to,though I mistake youfor the bird’s song,the bud’s early blossom.Here you…
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Ordinary Life
by Barbara Crooker
This was a day when nothing happened,the children went off to schoolwithout a murmur, rememberingtheir…
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Rutabaga
by Laura Grace Weldon
You darken as my knife slicesblushing at what you become.I save your thick leavesand purple…
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When Giving Is All We Have
by Alberto Ríos
One river gives Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to…
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Otherwise
by Jane Kenyon
I got out of bedon two strong legs.It might have beenotherwise. I atecereal, sweetmilk, ripe,…
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A Blessing for the Inward Way
by Tracy Shaw
May you learn to dwellBelow the surface of the daysAt home with the ebb and…
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What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade
by Brad Aaron Modlin
Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento the wind, how to find meaning…
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Winter Solstice
by Richard Wehrman
The only way down is down, leaving thelight for the dark, allowing the surface to…
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Tiger Lilies
by Francine Marie Tolf
Like King David, they have drunkthe wine of astonishment. Mouths open wide,they lean toward me…
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You Reading This, Be Ready
by William Stafford
Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent…
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Last Night As I Was Sleeping
by Antonio Machado
Last night as I was sleeping,I dreamt—marvelous error!—that a spring was breakingout in my heart.I…
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The Grief Cry of James
by Dale Biron
Two expressions of the mystery: one of sudden joy and arriving, one of profound grief…
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