Poetry

Poetry

Repair

When a treasured tea bowl shattered,the kintsugi master glued the fragmentswith a paste of lacquer mixed with powdered gold.The lacquer… Richard Schiffman
Poetry

From the Journal of Abial Folger (19th C)

This daysixteen yearsagoI stepped my feeton Welsh land and a grievousdayit was to me All the companywho were sointimate   … Christopher Snook
Poetry

Raised Bed

“Everyone thought I’d be the first to go”He said through a little gadget the size of his old Lucky’s. It… Geoff Knowlton
Poetry

These Days

These days I mostly want to be quiet.Except when I don’t.What I’m saying is I want to choose.At the same… Linda Chidsey
Poetry

Farm Market Encounter

I stumble,spill strawberries across asphalt. You kneel without a word,hands bearing sweetness into mine,sun radiant around your dark head. You… Laura Grace Weldon
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The Small Notches

An entire week and I finally rubbedthe last of the price tag’s sticky residuefrom the coffee mug I bought off… Steven Ray Smith
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Invitation and Reply

(for Ted Herman) Come along with me,His eyes on mine invite. I’m sorry; I don’t think; I mean,those shoes you… Nancy L. Bieber
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Here Am I, Lord, Send Me

for my grandmother, Miriam Lindsey Levering (1913-1991) Blue light a nimbus from the TV, she’s listeningto the darkness delivering news… Alexander Levering
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Christmas Program

Bales of real hayclump aroundthe false manger.The choir files in,an unheavenly host,to predestined slotson stage.I spot David,my almost angelic son;our… Nancy Thomas
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Light Dark Light

I don’t believe in evil as an entity, some devil animating the doings of those whose faith is weak. Instead… Laura Weldon
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Interpreters

Hail! Loquacious band of jolly, global interpreters, language servants of assemblies, listeners of all languages and accents, serving diplomats, delegates,… Heberto Sein
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Listen Deep

I grew up in the wake of a wild and crazy sister. Raised not to rock the boat, I dared… Alice Carlton
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