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
An Invitation
by Bernadette Miller
Death has always been an invitation to inhabit the celebration of this irreplaceable instant. We…
Poetry
Thankful for Now
by Todd Davis
Walking the river back home at the endof May, locust in bloom, an oriole flittingthrough…
Poetry
advice for the newly hatched
by Maya Stein
for C. Later, you will admire the tree you came from - its artistic notches,…
Poetry
Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in…
Poetry
Dear Raspberry,
by Sage Cohen
When I returned Noeto the earth and she sent her staccato of sweetness upinto the…
Poetry
Evening Song
by Willa Cather
Dear love, what thing of all the things that be Is ever worth one thought…
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Right Here
by Dane Anthony
In gratitude to K & G Stop moving. Stand inone place - this place.Breathe slowly;…
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Promenade
by Brit Washburn
I wanted to feel stillnessso I went for a walk, watchedthe cobblestones passbeneath my feet,…
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Essential Gratitude
by Andrea Potos
Sometimes it just stuns youlike an arrow flung from some angel’s wing.Sometimes it hastily scribblesa…
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Translation
by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Once I would say “table,” and mean“table.” Once, I would say“broccoli” and mean “broccoli.”I would…
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The Call
by Richard Wehrman
It’s not the day on the calendar that makes the New Year new, it’s when…
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On Safety
by Nadine Pinede
When the storms of lifecome bearing downthreatening tolash you senseless,seek shelter.Find the warmblanket you caresslike…
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