Woman sitting on a bed with coffee and book of poetry

Poetry

Communion

by Melissa Shaw-Smith
The orb of light crests the ridge,I stand facing her at the high point of…
Bright sunset with silhouetted reeds in foreground.
Poetry

If You Knew Yourself For Even One Moment

by Rumi
If you knew yourself for even one moment, if you could just glimpse your most…
A cluster of peaches ripening on a peach tree
Poetry

From Blossoms

by Li-Young Lee
From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at…
A closeup of red poppies in a field against blue sky.
Poetry

Sun Trail

by Dale Biron
Look. The poppiesthey are at it againexploding on thehills with their deepyellow flames andsupple hearts.…
Poetry

A Serious Frivolity

by Bernadette Miller
Savoring the substanceof existenceis a seriousfrivolity.Someone must do it. Someone must loveluminous hours when leavesmarry…
flock of geese flying over some water.
Poetry

Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself,

by Barbara Crooker
like this morning, when the wild geese came squawking,flapping their rusty hinges, and something about…
Poetry

Invocation

by Jeanne Lohmann
Let us try what it is to be true to gravity,to grace, to the given,…
orange mushrooms tree stump
Poetry

Introductions

by Susan Glassmeyer
Let’s not say our namesor what we do for a living.If we are marriedand how…
Poetry

Miracles

by Dale Biron
In the midst of pain, the "tiniest move" forward can feel like a miracle.
Poetry

Laughter

by Dale Biron
When theface we wear grows old and weathered, tornopen by time, colorstinted as dawn like…
match flame blue smoke
Poetry

Sonnets to Orpheus: II, 12 (stanza 1)

by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Br. David Steindl-Rast
Poetry

Woods

by Noelle Oxenhandler
I wish to grow dumber,to slip deep into woods that grow blinderwith each step I…
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