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
The Unbroken
by Rashani Réa
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which…
Poetry
Just Sit
by Joan Casey
Turn off the t.v. Sit with Anger...Fear...Grief...
Poetry
Renunciation
by Jennifer Welwood
There will always be voices that promise you greatness and glory: They call out from…
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Ode to My Bedroom Slippers
by Margaret Faeth
They wait patiently beside my bed Agreeable twin sentries, ready for duty. They know me…
Poetry
Tea Break
by Catherine McGuire
Take the water, flowing up a tap from the earth – old aquifer, luscious remnant…
Poetry
Tree
by Jane Hirshfield
It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house...
Poetry
Summer Poem
by Francine Marie Tolf
I am tired of my dreams’ dark interiors and the family ghosts who inhabit them.…
Poetry
Ever Deeper Roots in Love
by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
You, from whom we come And to whom we go, Unchanging love, You give us…
Poetry
Silk Cord
by Jane Hirshfield
In the dream the string had broken and I was trying to pick out its…
Poetry
Feast of Days
by Katie Daley
Charlie Brown: Someday, we will all die, Snoopy.Snoopy: True, but on all the other days,…
Poetry
Small Gift
by Melissa Shaw-Smith
One small gift from the universe an unintended consequence benefiting the giver, taker one momentary…
Poetry
On the Shady Side
by Rabindranath Tagore
I lived on the shady side of the road and watched my neighbours' gardens across…
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