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Joy & Contentment

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  • Poem
    By Thomas Traherne
    I saw new Worlds beneath the Water ly,New Peeple; yea, another SkyAnd Sun, which seen by DayMight things...
  • Poem
    By Ada Limón
    Is it okay to begin with the obvious? I am full of stones— is it okay not to look out this window, but...
  • Poem
    By Ada Limón
    I pass the feeder and yell, Grackle party! And then an hour later I yell, Mourning dove afterparty! (I call the feeder the...
  • Poem
    By Rev. Robin G. White
    The feel of a much needed hug in a moment of sorrow An unexpected helping hand from the stranger The...
  • Poem
    By R. Erica Doyle
    letting the words fly like smoke uncurling from our mouths we lie in bed with dykes ten years our junior...
  • Poem
    By David Roderick
    I wear a flower in my lapel. I like the sweetness of its lie in my nose. A carnation, the fool’s flower...
  • Poem
    By Tomás Q. Morín
    In this life, there are starsand there are stunt doubles.Before I became one of those fathersobsessed...
  • Poem
    By Amy M. Alvarez
    Naturally, broken glass, throbbing bass, a roll of bills and a paper bag passed between the hands of...
  • Poem
    By J. V. Cunningham
    You are the problem I propose, My dear, the text my musings glose: I call you for convenience love. ...
  • Poem
    By Kiki Petrosino
    So I lean back & Redford asks, “Water warm enough?” & I don’t answer because I’m holding my breath. ...
  • Poem
    By Ada Limón
    I used to pretend to believe in God. Mainly, I liked so much to talk to someone in the dark. Think of...
  • Poem
    By D. A. Powell
    “Anyway, it isn’t forever,” Chris said, “eventually you’re dead.” And we laughed Besides, everything...
  • Poem
    By Gabriel Ramirez
    I couldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for you being dead. It was time for glitter, nail polish, ...
  • Poem
    By Susan Browne
    I swim my laps today, slowly, slowly, reaching my arms out & over, my fleshly oars, the water silken...
  • Poem
    By M. Bartley Seigel
    On this cross-quarter day, quick to temper and cool, your long lashes startle me with their rime of ...
  • Poem
    By Laura Secord
    For weeks we’ve seen some wild winds. Today, I find my hives knocked over. A season’s honey smeared ...
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