Woman sitting on a bed with coffee and book of poetry

Poetry

The Second Music

by Annie Lighthart
Now I understand that there are two melodies playing, one below the other, one easier…
Poetry

Morning Poem

by Todd Davis
Blackberries hang in the darkest creases of the trellis, each dimpled to bursting. The black-eyed…
seagulls flying over shoreline at sunset
Poetry

Sunny Day

by Terri Kirby Erickson
Ankle-deep in saltwater, a man lifts a small Child and places her on his hip.…
Poetry

the ghosts of women once girls

by Aja Monet
somewhere a little girl is reading aloud in the middle of a dirt road. she…
Poetry

On Being Asked to Write a Poem Against the Destruction of the Natural World…

by Dale Biron
—One means of sanity is to retain a hold on the natural world, to remain,…
Poetry

My Debt

by Jane Hirshfield
Like all who believe in the senses, I was an accountant, copyist, statistician. Not registrar,…
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by Jean E. Taddonio
In the broken placewhere we live,hope can be foundin the cracks If a dandelioncan push…
Poetry

These Mornings

by Richard Wehrman
All these mornings are one morning; over and over I am greeted by the new…
Poetry

Grains of Hope

by David Sanchez
Grains of hope still remain Memories invade my brain When I seek peace I feel…
Poetry

Telling My Father

by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning, sipping cold coffee, watching a crow dip…
Poetry

All That Falls

by Terri Crosby
Do you love things that cascade? Do you adore rain falling in sheets or over…
White waterlilies in a pond from above.
Poetry

I Ask My Mother to Sing

by Li-Young Lee
She begins, and my grandmother joins her. Mother and daughter sing like young girls. If…
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