40 days of poetry: Day 28: At the Temple of Sinawava by Katherine McDaniel
Day 28: This is a poem I wrote after visiting Zion National Park in the glorious state of Utah. It’s about a place, eerie and beautiful, called the Temple of …
40 days of poetry: Day 27: Ruin and Beauty: Patricia Young
Day 27: Another visit to New York City, Patricia Young‘s Ruin and Beauty. We humans often think of ourselves as separate from nature, but underneath all of our noise and …
40 days of poetry: Day 26: Central Park at Dusk by Sara Teasdale
Day 26, Melanie Shank returns to bring us Central Park at Dusk by Sara Teasdale, a beautiful, short snapshot of Central Park in NYC, a place where you could find …
40 days of poetry: Day 25: Sugar by Tina Chang
Day 25 of 40 days of poetry: Sugar by Tina Chang. I think we have all, at some point, played a role which felt wrong and uncomfortable at our core. …
40 days of poetry: Day 24: when faces called flowers: e.e. cummings
Day 24: A big thank you to Melanie Shank for reading today’s poem, “when faces called flowers float out of the ground” by e.e. cummings. This is an exuberant romp …
40 days of poetry: Day 23: Kindness: Naomi Shihab Nye
The poem for Day 23 is Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. May we all use our trials to learn how to be kind rather than getting bitter and mean.
40 days of poetry: Day 22: Beautification Campaign: Alex Lemon
Day 22: Enjoy this searingly funny satire of modern “sensibility” by Alex Lemon. This is Beautification Campaign. Who knows what might happen if people began to look past what advertising …
40 days of poetry: Day 21: Shaking the Grass: Janice N. Harrington
Day 21: Our poem is Shaking the Grass by Janice N. Harrington. It relates a simple experience of laying in the grass. Experiences that we take for granted, that don’t …
40 days of poetry: Day 20: To a Dancer by Katherine McDaniel
40 days of poetry: Day 20: To a Dancer by Katherine McDaniel. This is a poem that I wrote a few years ago. It seems all the more pertinent now …
40 days of poetry: Day 19: Ficus Carica Sonnet by Hoa Nguyen
Day 19: Ficus Carica Sonnet by Hoa Nguyen. This poem is about death and how our thoughts and words can choke us. Is it better to speak or be silent?