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Poetry

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

Aimless Love

by Billy Collins
This morning as I walked along the lakeshore, I fell in love with a wren…
Poetry

Thanksgiving Song

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
As the Great Dynamo who powers the wheels of seasons and yearsTurns autumn once more…
Poetry

Clearing

by Morgan Farley
I am clearing a space here, where the trees stand back. I am making a…
rainbow over water
Poetry

Prayer for Unity

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
You, the one From whom on different paths All of us have come. To whom…
spices
Poetry

Itadakimasu*

by John J. Brugaletta
I have received water, flowing and pooled, salt and fresh, cold and hot; wind off…
Poetry

Twelve Moons

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
When the wolf moon grows fat and the North wind roars on the shore, an…
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