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May 3, 2020

Focus on Infinite Good

By Leah Bleiberg — As a proud etymology enthusiast, why did it take me 14 years to look up the origin of the

May 2, 2020

I Want To Be

By Laura Davis — I want to be a person who plants my feet in the earth and looks up at the sky, the trees, the

May 2, 2020

Nature Does Not Fight Fair

By Robert Tosi — The cracks in our society have become rifts, the rifts have become chasms and the chasms,

Apr 30, 2020

Shoebox

By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou

Apr 29, 2020

Didn’t you know?

By Alberta Sequeira — Didn’t you know the signs or did you ignore them? Did you put love over reality facing you?

Apr 28, 2020

Orchid

By Robin Mayer Stein — A few months ago, my friend Margaret gave me a gorgeous orchid with

Apr 27, 2020

Becoming a Children's TV Host

By Alex Vaillancourt — During the COVID-19 global pandemic, I realized my dream of becoming a

Apr 26, 2020

I Am Molting

By Julie Johnson McVeigh — I am shedding the layers of myself that no longer serve me during this time. Here I

Apr 25, 2020

Passover Alone

By Ellen Bluth — It was shortly after Purim when we realized the Corona/Covid 19 virus had reached us in what

Apr 24, 2020

She Decides to Write the Story

By Susan Storm — She woke up and cried — She didn’t want to be alone — The family was upstairs. She

Apr 23, 2020

It Cracked Me Open

By Jennifer M. MacDonald — But I Don’t love you. I don’t love you like THAT he said. Plunder my heart. Down.

Apr 22, 2020

Idioms of Time

By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as

Apr 21, 2020

Deep

By Ivy C. Wagner — How deep? I asked. My voice echoed through the waves. They crashed onto the

Apr 20, 2020

As Resilient as King Edward Daffodils

By Rose Loving — Today I am as resilient as the King Edward daffodils. Last week they ended a long period of

Apr 19, 2020

The Human Race is Fragile

By Lancy Lee — Luckily for some of us, we were spared from getting sick or dying from COVID-19 and are

Apr 18, 2020

Corona Virus

By Susan Hand — We were told to stay home. Shelter in place. Not venture abroad except for essentials, and we

Apr 17, 2020

Swaddling Love

By Claudia Ricci, Ph.D. — I am grateful today for this poem, which is kind of an experiment. You might call it

Apr 16, 2020

Full Moons and Holding Hands

By Laurie Herboldsheimer — My new person hasn't held my hand yet. I know I could ask him to but hand holding

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