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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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Light reflected on tiny leaves.
Poetry

From Which It All Began

by Bernadette Miller
Tell me, what would you do today if you knew your life to be a…
Poetry

The Miracle

by Michael Goldman
It is not that the sun comes up or the earth goes around or that…
dew drops sparkling on blades of grass in the morning sun
Poetry

Instructions for the Journey

by Pat Schneider
The self you leave behind is only a skin you have outgrown. Don’t grieve for…
Poetry

Renting

by Marjorie Maddox
Who wouldn’t choose the just-washed white of this Aspire scripted with eighteen small miles on…
Poetry

Rethinking Regret

by Elaine Sexton
Let’s thank our mistakes, let’s bless them for their humanity, their terribly weak chins. We…
Poetry

Serenity

by Nadine Pinede
—for Papa Sitting on the deck by the river hushed and soft with the light…
Poetry

Gratitude

by Barbara Crooker
This week, the news of the world is bleak, another war grinding on, and all…
Poetry

Why Are You Standing There, Looking at the Sky (Acts 1:11)

by Edda Hackl
Someone says “Good-bye” and disappears behind doors or fades into the distance in a train…
Poetry

Following Treatment, I Wonder

by Terry Martin
This might be the best I’ll ever feel, these aches, these pains, this deep fatigue—…
Poetry

To See It

by Laura Foley
We need to separate to see the life we’ve made, to leave our house where…
Poetry

what bears repeating

by Maya Stein
"Bless you" to the spouse in the middle of another sneezing fit prompted by an…
Poetry

Scratch, Sniff

by Katie Rubinstein
It was weeks ago now that first month of September we spent here on this…
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