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
Morning Poem
by Todd Davis
Blackberries hang in the darkestcreases of the trellis, each dimpledto bursting. The black-eyed Susansare mostly…
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Sunny Day
by Terri Kirby Erickson
Ankle-deep in saltwater, a man lifts a smallChild and places her on his hip. She…
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the ghosts of women once girls
by Aja Monet
somewhere a little girl is reading aloudin the middle of a dirt road. she smilesat…
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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,…
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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…
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These Mornings
by Richard Wehrman
All these morningsare one morning;over and over I amgreeted by the new day—who greets me…
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Grains of Hope
by David Sanchez
Grains of hope still remainMemories invade my brainWhen I seek peaceI feel knee-deep in the…
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Telling My Father
by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning,sipping cold coffee, watching a crowdip down from…
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All That Falls
by Terri Crosby
Do you love things that cascade?Do you adore rain falling in sheetsor over the ledge,…
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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…
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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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