It's coming to pass My countries coming apart The whole thing's becoming Such a bumbling farce Was that a pivotal historical moment We just went stumb…
Pandemic What if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbath—the most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, j…
Kei Miller’s poem, “Book of Genesis”: Suppose there was a book full only of the word,let – from whose clipped sound all things began: firand firmament…
“My Mother’s Body” Marie Howe Bless my mother’s body, the first song of her beating heart and her breathing, her voice, which I could dimly hear, grew…
I, Too By Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat w…
Amen By Stuart Kestenbaum It’s easy to ignore the moment we dwell in the time when we should be our own choir shouting "amen" to every second that’s g…
A BLESSING FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH YOUR OWN SOUL JULY 12, 2016 You deserve to be known by the miracle of a day. You are cradled through the night, the dus…
The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac -by Mary Oliver 1. Why should I have been surprised? Hunters walk the forest without a sound. The hunter, strapped to hi…
