Poetry
Front Porch
A pitcher of lemonade Sunday newspaper scattered Like leaves on the floorboards My best friend…
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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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Disruption
Life was following its own sacred rhythm, when, suddenly, an accident interrupted the flow, changing…
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Horses
Horses galloping on the hill—bright sun, blue sky, joy on an autumn morning. Gensei says,…
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so many acorns
We could point our attention anywhere - summer leaning into its most ambitious month, the…
Poetry
Hymn, with Birds and Cats
I will praise my failures. I will praise What I have not accomplished and do…
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To Be Great, Be A Whale
—misheard line from a poem by Fernando Pessoa Be a blue whale with a heart…
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A Lazy Day
The trees bend down along the stream, Where anchored swings my tiny boat. The day…
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Cottonwoods
You know from their deeply grooved bark they hold marvelous stories. They are taller than…
