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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 our hearts to the nuance and opportunity of each moment.

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Poetry

Famous

by Naomi Shihab Nye
The river is famous to the fish. The loud voice is famous to silence, which…
Poetry

The Big Picture

by Ellen Bass
I try to look at the big picture. The sun, ardent tongue licking us like…
Poetry

No Mistake

by Richard Wehrman
Beloved, you know who I’m calling to, though I mistake you for the bird’s song,…
Poetry

Ordinary Life

by Barbara Crooker
This was a day when nothing happened, the children went off to school without a…
Poetry

Rutabaga

by Laura Grace Weldon
You darken as my knife slices blushing at what you become. I save your thick…
Poetry

When Giving Is All We Have

by Alberto Ríos
One river gives Its journey to the next.   We give because someone gave to…
Breakfast cereal with peaches
Poetry

Otherwise

by Jane Kenyon
I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I…
Poetry

A Blessing for the Inward Way

by Tracy Shaw
May you learn to dwell Below the surface of the days At home with the…
girl sleeping with stars in her hair
Poetry

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade

by Brad Aaron Modlin
Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listen to the wind, how to find…
Poetry

Winter Solstice

by Richard Wehrman
The only way down is down, leaving the light for the dark, allowing the surface…
Poetry

Tiger Lilies

by Francine Marie Tolf
Like King David, they have drunk the wine of astonishment. Mouths open wide, they lean…
White curtains and sunlight gentle on a wood floor
Poetry

You Reading This, Be Ready

by William Stafford
Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?…
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