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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

Three Gratitudes

by Carrie Newcomer
Every night before I go to sleep I say out loud Three things that I'm…
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The Unbroken

by Rashani Réa
There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which…
Poetry

Just Sit

by Joan Casey
Turn off the t.v. Sit with Anger...Fear...Grief...
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Renunciation

by Jennifer Welwood
There will always be voices that promise you greatness and glory: They call out from…
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Ode to My Bedroom Slippers

by Margaret Faeth
They wait patiently beside my bed Agreeable twin sentries, ready for duty. They know me…
Poetry

Tea Break

by Catherine McGuire
Take the water, flowing up a tap from the earth – old aquifer, luscious remnant…
Poetry

Tree

by Jane Hirshfield
It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house...
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Summer Poem

by Francine Marie Tolf
I am tired of my dreams’ dark interiors and the family ghosts who inhabit them.…
Poetry

Wonder Rush – As Kingfishers Catch Fire

by Gerard Manley Hopkins
(May, 2014) Truly a "Wonder Rush," this vivid recitation of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem "As…
Poetry

Ever Deeper Roots in Love

by Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
You, from whom we come And to whom we go, Unchanging love, You give us…
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Silk Cord

by Jane Hirshfield
In the dream the string had broken and I was trying to pick out its…
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Feast of Days

by Katie Daley
How lucky I was The cheap, unremarkable pension Its creaky bedsprings The untroubled sleep of…
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