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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 Invitation

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Two nights after he died,all night I heard the sameone-line story on repeat:I am the…
A red knitted heart attached to a crack in a yellow wall
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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…
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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, no these…
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Temple

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
O body, cracked bell that still sings when struck, O leaky cup, O broken stem,…
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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…
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A Love Story

by Jeanie Greensfelder
Gather your selves: critical and kind, scared and brave, thoughtless and hurt. Mistakes and failures…
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Those Becoming Already Are

by Marie Marchand
Sifting through crisis we parse flecks of gold from pebbles in silt, mirrors of True…
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Riverbank Ceremony: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

by Laura Grace Weldon
Step out on mossy water’s-edge rock, let the river’s rush take you beyond yourself. When…
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Poems for Soft Hearts in Hard Times

by The Grateful Living Team
Time and again, we turn to the wisdom and comfort of poems when facing life's…
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