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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The Most Important Thing
by Julia Fehrenbacher
I am making a home inside myself. A shelterof kindness where everythingis forgiven, everything allowed—a…
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Poetry Collection: Savoring Slowing Down
by The Grateful Living Team
The poets in this collection inspire us to treasure the breath, celebrate nature's abundance, and…
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The Invitation
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Two nights after he died,all night I heard the sameone-line story on repeat:I am the…
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Poetry Collection: Holding the Heart of Sorrow
by The Grateful Living Team
For times of grief and sorrow, we offer this curated collection of poems as a…
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Send Love, It Matters
by Carrie Newcomer
Somewhere someone needs help.Send love.It matters. If you can't get there yourself,then take a deep…
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For When People Ask
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
I want a word that meansokay and not okay,more than that: a word that meansdevastated…
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Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Is Not Breaking
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
On Earth, just a teaspoon of neutron starwould weigh six billion tons. Six billion tonsequals…
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Uneven Ground
by Laura Grace Weldon
He wants to fill in the pasture’s low spots.I say no, no, nothese are magic…
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Temple
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
O body, cracked bellthat still sings when struck,O leaky cup,O broken stem,I love you, body,your…
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Watching the Rower
by Andrea Potos
Oh to find that still surface,the glide of silk and silence,sun lit along the oars,the…
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A Love Story
by Jeanie Greensfelder
Gather your selves:critical and kind,scared and brave,thoughtless and hurt. Mistakes and failuresmeet accomplishments.Like loss and…
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Those Becoming Already Are
by Marie Marchand
Sifting through crisiswe parse flecks of gold from pebbles in silt,mirrors of True Self marking…
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