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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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A late sun casts a pink light over the ocean.
Poetry

Beannacht

by John O'Donohue
For Josie On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble,…
Poetry

#10

by Hakim Bellamy
You are a temple of mud and soul just like us         …
Poetry

when we get through this

by Maya Stein
When we get through this, I want us to set a table with all of…
Poetry

The Bronze Legacy

by Effie Lee Newsome
To a Brown Boy ’Tis a noble gift to be brown, all brown,      Like…
Poetry

Darn Lucky

by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
It happens, you know—the day opens itself like a tulip in a warm room, and…
Poetry

Crossing

by Jericho Brown
The water is one thing, and one thing for miles. The water is one thing,…
Poetry

The Thing Is

by Ellen Bass
to love life, to love it even when you have no stomach for it and…
Poetry

Their Names

by Sally Bliumis-Dunn
Like a rain I feel but cannot see, the names of the dead, falling. Silences…
Poetry

One Candle Now, Then Seven More

by Brad Aaron Modlin
I grew up in a family that did not tell the story. I am listening…
Poetry

what is unveiled? the founding wound

by adrienne maree brown
(poem/directive)
Poetry

For a New Year

by Holly Wren Spaulding
Let plain things please you again and every ordinary Monday. Bean soup in a white…
Poetry

Winter Morning

by James Crews
When I can no longer say thank you for this new day and the waking…
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