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
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame; As tumbled over rim in roundy wells Stones…
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Finisterre
by David Whyte
The road in the end taking the path the sun had taken, into the western…
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Santiago
by David Whyte
The road seen, then not seen, the hillside hiding then revealing the way you should…
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Camino
by David Whyte
The way forward, the way between things, the way already walked before you, the path…
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Another Spring
by Kenneth Rexroth
The seasons revolve and the years changeWith no assistance or supervision.The moon, without taking thought,Moves…
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Vacillation
by William Butler Yeats
I Between extremities Man runs his course; A brand, or flaming breath. Comes to destroy…
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Worms
by Carl Dennis
Aren't you glad at least that the earthworms Under the grass are ignorant, as they…
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Last Snow
by Richard Nowogrodzki
Ah, I think I see a few of the tricks now. It's easy not to…
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My Symphony
by William Ellery Channing
To live content with small means. To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather…
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I Awaken Before Dawn
by Helen Moore
I awaken before dawn, go into the kitchen and fix a cup of tea. I…
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In the Garden
by Fabiana Fondevila
There is truth in the garden and it’s speaking in tongues.There’s steadiness in the rockssitting…
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Fifty Robins
by Amber Coverdale Sumrall
January rain, fine spray from a celestial hose, blows across the yard, beads on the…
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