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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

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.
face, elder, woman
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
forest mist
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…
cat in the garden
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…
bird blossom grey background
Poetry

Watching the Birdwatcher

by Richard Schiffman
She peers through a pair of binoculars into a treetop lit with day’s last blaze,…
open door blue
Poetry

Walk Right In

by Hazel Moss
 “Asking nothing, refuse nothing”… Brother David Steindl-Rast this was hard. i mean really hard. i…
Poetry

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by Thomas Centolella
after Hokusai and Hiroshige
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