poetry-magazineBirdsong of Shaker WayBy Ann-Margaret LimEvery day is perfect, ifwhen you wake, you hear birdsin the garden, in the yard. Birdsup and down, ushering… Related Audio NatureAnimalsJoy & ContentmentOptimism
poetry-magazinepoem.By Rowan Wilde RiggsA ball of yarn is attempting to unravel my wits.It rolls over vistas that trample our view of each … Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsOptimism
poetry-magazinepoem.By Rowan Wilde Riggsconstellations of dimwitted substratetwinkle like formless apparitions.i keep walking forwardso your… Related Audio LoveThe MindRelationshipsOptimism
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Joyous SeaBy Magda PortalTranslated By Kathleen WeaverI'm a sea since I could never have been a riverAn unchanneled seaof green merrimentsand solitary depths…NatureSeas, Rivers, & StreamsLivingThe MindJoy & ContentmentOptimism
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poetry-magazinePlan WheelBy Doug Gonzalez Can You Hope Remember Remobilize Reorganize Revitalize Rewrite Relearn Repair Return Can You Know… Related Audio LivingLife ChoicesTypes/ModesConcrete or Pattern PoetryOptimism
The Village BlacksmithBy Henry Wadsworth LongfellowUnder a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands;The smith, a mighty man is he, With large…Social CommentariesTown & Country LifeActivitiesJobs & WorkingJoy & ContentmentOptimism
Museum of StonesBy Carolyn ForchéThese are your stones, assembled in matchbox and tin,collected from roadside, culvert, and viaduct,battlefield…NatureLandscapes & PastoralsHistory & PoliticsLivingOptimism
The Skin's InstructionBy Jessica RigneyIt's important she says that summerFlatten itself against autumn. That it keep Insisting yes yes it'…LoveNatureSummerFallRelationshipsMen & WomenOptimism
Honour KillingBy Imtiaz DharkerAt last I’m taking off this coat, this black coat of a country that I swore for years was mine, that I wore more out of habit than design. Born...History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesOptimism
The Two-headed CalfBy Laura GilpinTomorrow when the farm boys find thisfreak of nature, they will wrap his bodyin newspaper and carry …NatureAnimalsLivingDeathBirthOptimism
CarrotBy Leah Naomi GreenTake all summer,your ember from the sun,its walking meditation. Store it in smallvaults of light to …NatureActivitiesGardeningOptimism
poetry-magazineLa hormona de la oscuridadBy Tilsa OttaUn club nocturno no hace un veranoMas creo en el perreoEterno recreoEn la agitación de la masa crítica…History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesOptimism
poetry-magazineThe Hormone of DarknessBy Tilsa OttaTranslated By Farid MatukA nightclub doesn’t make a summerI believe more in perreoPlay everlastingIn the agitation of a critical…History & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsOptimism
Early SpringBy Petr HruškaTranslated By Jonathan Bolton They had already sat down on the bed. Then the manremembered the back door was still open. He groped…NatureSpringTypes/ModesProse PoemOptimism
The SeedlingBy Paul Laurence DunbarAs a quiet little seedling Lay within its darksome bed,To itself it fell a-talking, And this is what…NatureTrees & FlowersLivingComing of AgeOptimism
On Leaping over the MoonBy Thomas TraherneI saw new Worlds beneath the Water ly,New Peeple; yea, another SkyAnd Sun, which seen by DayMight things…NatureStars, Planets, HeavensReligionGod & the DivineRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsJoy & ContentmentOptimism
A NarrativeBy George Oppen11 River of our substanceFlowingWith the rest. River of the substanceOf the earth's curve, river of …NatureJoy & ContentmentOptimism