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
Thank You
by Ross Gay
If you find yourself half nakedand barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing,again, the earth's great,…
Poetry
Life
by Barbara Crooker
This is what life does. It hits you like a stonethrough the window in the…
Poetry
The Stars Fell Through My Window Tonight
by Lauretta Santarossa
The stars fell through my window tonight AstonishedI got up They were everywhereCalling me Shiny…
Poetry
Compost Happens
by Laura Grace Weldon
Nature teaches nothing is lost.It's transmuted. Spread between rows of beans,last year's rusty leaves tamp…
Poetry
Companions
by Richard Wehrman
(Rant for a New Year)
Poetry
A Winter Blue Jay
by Sara Teasdale
Crisply the bright snow whispered, Crunching beneath our feet; Behind us as we walked along…
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Waiting
by Toko-pa Turner
There is a good kind of waitingwhich trusts the agents of fermentation.There is a waitingwhich…
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Adrift
by Mark Nepo
Everything is beautiful and I am so sad.This is how the heart makes a duet…
Poetry
Presence
by Melissa Shaw-Smith
The year has rocked this world to its roots.What if for one day each being…
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The Patience of Ordinary Things
by Pat Schneider
It is a kind of love, is it not?How the cup holds the tea,How the…
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