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Tag Archives: Poetry
Dead Stars
DEAD STARS by Ada Limón Out here, there’s a bowing even the trees are doing. Winter’s icy hand at the back of all of us. Black bark, slick yellow leaves, a kind of stillness that feels so mute it’s almost … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Limon, American Poets, Poet Laureate, Poetry
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam Sofia Elhillo Concentric ripple of the canals, little … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Poetry, travel poems
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the shape of what you lived
And you wait. You wait for the one thing that will change your life, make it more than it is— something wonderful, exceptional, stones awakening, depths opening to you. In the dusky bookstalls old books glimmer gold and brown. You … Continue reading
Good Books
Good books are friendly things to own. If you are busy they will wait. They will not call you on the phone Or wake you if the hour is late. They stand together row by row, Upon the low shelf … Continue reading
The Forest Knows Where You Are
Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. … Continue reading
the songs of April were in my ears
Youth and Age Kahlil Gibran In my youth the heart of dawn was in my heart, and the songs of April were in my ears. But my soul was sad unto death, and I knew not why. Even unto this … Continue reading
March Elegy
March Elegy by Anna Akhmatova
like a shadow or a friend
KINDNESS by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully … Continue reading
The good news is that you are alive
“The Good News” by Thich Nhat Hanh They don’t publish the good news. The good news is published by us. We have a special edition every moment, and we need you to read it. The good news is that you … Continue reading