Balancing Ourselves in Broken World, Art and Poetry for Troubled Times
How do we balance ourselves in a broken world with wars still waging in Ukraine and Gaza, and the bitter …
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O Holy Night, What Stars Give Birth To
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a …
The Poetry That Saves Us
During these troubled times, the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, when our hearts are broken and we feel so …
Easter Gladness, Nobel Poet Milosz on How the World Ends & Begins Again
A Song on the End of the WorldBy Czeslaw Milosz On the day the world endsA bee circles a clover,A …
Wet, Raw, Unfinished
Instructions for the Journey The self you leave behindis only a skin you have outgrown.Don’t grieve for it.Look to the …
Letters From Beyond the Grave on Memorial Day
While neither of these poems have anything in particular to do with remembering those who have given their lives to …
Dreaming of Death—Oops, Bears
I’m going to die. Soon. That’s what I thought, waking one morning, remembering three distinct dreams, each in which I …
