Woman sitting on a bed with coffee and book of poetry

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…
old yellow car
Poetry

Gratefulness

by Dale Biron
Each day the engine of my gratefulnessmust be coaxed and primed into action.Of course like…
Poetry

Primary Wonder

by Denise Levertov
Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored…
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…
beach with woods
Poetry

Psalm 46

by Norman Fisher
The Psalms in the Hebrew Bible belong to the earliest written documents of gratefulness. Ancient…
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
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