Woman sitting on a bed with coffee and book of poetry

Poetry

Morning Poem

by Todd Davis
Blackberries hang in the darkestcreases of the trellis, each dimpledto bursting. The black-eyed Susansare mostly…
seagulls flying over shoreline at sunset
Poetry

Sunny Day

by Terri Kirby Erickson
Ankle-deep in saltwater, a man lifts a smallChild and places her on his hip. She…
Poetry

the ghosts of women once girls

by Aja Monet
somewhere a little girl is reading aloudin the middle of a dirt road. she smilesat…
Poetry

On Being Asked to Write a Poem Against the Destruction of the Natural World…

by Dale Biron
—One means of sanity is to retain a hold on the natural world, to remain,…
Poetry

My Debt

by Jane Hirshfield
Like allwho believe in the senses,I was an accountant,copyist,statistician. Not registrar,witness. Permitted to touchthe leaf…
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by Jean E. Taddonio
In the broken placewhere we live,hope can be foundin the cracks If a dandelioncan push…
Winter sun light in a forest.
Poetry

These Mornings

by Richard Wehrman
All these morningsare one morning;over and over I amgreeted by the new day—who greets me…
Poetry

Grains of Hope

by David Sanchez
Grains of hope still remainMemories invade my brainWhen I seek peaceI feel knee-deep in the…
Poetry

Telling My Father

by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning,sipping cold coffee, watching a crowdip down from…
Poetry

All That Falls

by Terri Crosby
Do you love things that cascade?Do you adore rain falling in sheetsor over the ledge,…
White waterlilies in a pond from above.
Poetry

I Ask My Mother to Sing

by Li-Young Lee
She begins, and my grandmother joins her.Mother and daughter sing like young girls.If my father…
Poetry

A Fortunate Day

by Richard Wehrman
On a fortunate day,when night and day meet,and some silence passes betweenthem with no enmity,…
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