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
Introductions
by Susan Glassmeyer
Let’s not say our names or what we do for a living. If we are…
Poetry
Miracles
by Dale Biron
In the midst of pain, the "tiniest move" forward can feel like a miracle.
Poetry
Laughter
by Dale Biron
When the face we wear grows old and weathered, torn open by time, colors tinted…
Poetry
Sonnets to Orpheus: II, 12 (stanza 1)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated by Br. David Steindl-Rast
Poetry
Woods
by Noelle Oxenhandler
I wish to grow dumber, to slip deep into woods that grow blinder with each…
Poetry
Where the Mind Is Without Fear
by Rabindranath Tagore
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is…
Poetry
Weeding
by Peggy Billings
My hands hurt; even my fingernails ache from pulling weeds which were neglected too long,…
Poetry
We Only Need
by Patrick Flanigan
We need not count every seed atop the swaying grasses or number the waves rolling…
Poetry
We Look With Uncertainty
by Anne Hillman
We look with uncertainty beyond the old choices for clear-cut answers to a softer, more…
Poetry
Watching the Birdwatcher
by Richard Schiffman
She peers through a pair of binoculars into a treetop lit with day’s last blaze,…
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Walk Right In
by Hazel Moss
“Asking nothing, refuse nothing”… Brother David Steindl-Rast this was hard. i mean really hard. i…
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