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…
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…
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