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
Woods
by Noelle Oxenhandler
I wish to grow dumber,to slip deep into woods that grow blinderwith each step I…
Poetry
Where the Mind Is Without Fear
by Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is…
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Weeding
by Peggy Billings
My hands hurt; even my fingernails ache from pulling weeds which were neglected too long,…
Poetry
We Only Need
by Patrick Flanigan
We need not countevery seed atopthe swaying grasses or number the wavesrolling onto the rocky…
Poetry
We Look With Uncertainty
by Anne Hillman
We look with uncertaintybeyond the old choices forclear-cut answersto a softer, more permeable alivenesswhich is…
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Watching the Birdwatcher
by Richard Schiffman
She peers through a pair of binoculars into a treetop lit with day’s last blaze,…
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Walk Right In
by Hazel Moss
“Asking nothing, refuse nothing”… Brother David Steindl-Rast this was hard. i mean really hard. i…
Poetry
View #45
by Thomas Centolella
after Hokusai and Hiroshige
Poetry
Vessel
by Patricia Campbell Carlson
Each day i’m a little crazier with missing you.The dog still snores on the couch,…
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Under the Walnut Tree
by Lynn Martin
When I face what has left my life,I bow. I walk outside into the cold,rain…
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Thoughts
by Ryokan, translated by John Stevens
When all thoughts Are exhausted I slip into the woods And gather A pile of…
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The Wishing Fish
by Thomas Vorce
What if you could be a trout And splash and flip And flop about. Amidst…
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