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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

The Artichoke

by Joyce Holmes McAllister
The artichoke sits on my plate A vegetable that begs debate The novice may but…
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At Blue Mountain

by Holly Wren Spaulding
Two loons on a lake in the evening fog, air thick with it, pale water…
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Ode to 5:30 AM

by Nicki Hayes
Only I know, only I see the light softly dancing over the canopy of trees.…
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Gratitude

by Shane O'Reilly
Joy, my Life Mystery, my Partner Belonging, my Love Narrowness, my Encounter Fear, my Poison…
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Licorice Amen

by Gary Thomas
My grandmother gave me licorice as sacrament, a rite of passage when I was five.…
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An Ode to Silent Poets

by Tesa Silvestre
You see the precious gift of ordinary things as Pablo Neruda did, but need no…
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The Stone of Heaven

by Jane Hirshfield
Here, where the rivers dredge up the very stone of Heaven, we name its colors—…
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To My Sonic Toothbrush

by Laura LeHew
The caress of his soft bristles, scalloped for deep, pleasurable, cleaning, sonic waves pulsating, thirty-one…
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Blessing

by Carrie Newcomer
May you wake with a sense of play, An exultation of the possible. May you…
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Solstice

by Barbara Crooker
These are dark times. Rumors of war rise like smoke in the east. Drought widens…
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Go to the Limits of Your Longing

by Rainer Maria Rilke, translation by Joanna Macy & Anita Barrows
God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently…
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Cheese

by Joyce Holmes McAllister
An ode to cheese
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