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Magnificat
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my soul rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed, for he wh… more →
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Magnificat
wrote 1 week ago: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my soul rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the h … more →
Three Poems by Yehuda Amichai
wrote 2 weeks ago: I. “A Precise Woman” A precise woman with a short haircut brings order to my thoughts and my dresser … more →
"The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter (After Li Po)" by Ezra Pound
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wrote 2 weeks ago: While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead I played about the front gate, pulling flowe … more →
Santa Lucia
wrote 2 weeks ago: “A NOCTURNAL UPON ST. LUCY’S DAY, BEING THE SHORTEST DAY” ‘TIS the year … more →
Christmas Poems/Christmas Carols
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Some of my favorite Christmas poems are sung as Christmas carols. “O Come, O Come Emmanuel … more →
"Le lac" / "The Lake" by Lamartine
wrote 1 month ago: Ainsi, toujours poussés vers de nouveaux rivages, Dans la nuit éternelle emportés sans retour, Ne po … more →
"Spring Images"
wrote 1 month ago: Two athletes are dancing in the cathedral of the wind. A butterfly lights on the branch of your gree … more →
Things Rumi Said
wrote 1 month ago: “The dictionaries have no entry sort of love we praise. If you can define a road, it’s n … more →
Three Poems
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wrote 2 months ago: “Sunflower” What sower walked over the earth, which hands sowed our inward seeds of fire … more →
"Vermeer" by Tomas Tranströmer
wrote 2 months ago: It’s not a sheltered world. The noise begins over there, on the other side of the wall where t … more →
Couplet by John Keats
wrote 2 months ago: “But when I am consumed in the fire give me new phoenix wings to fly at my desire!” ~ Jo … more →
"A Gradual Canticle for Augustine" by Tabitha King
wrote 2 months ago: Earlier this week, my friend Wendy and I went to watch a movie at the Ogden 6 Theater. Right beside … more →
Haiku by Borges
wrote 2 months ago: the vast night – now nothing left but the fragrance Jorge Luis Borges … more →
Haiku for Cranes by Anna Holley
wrote 3 months ago: swift to shore white-crested waves return like cranes a crane alights on its reflection close to an … more →
"Afternoon on a Hill" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
wrote 3 months ago: I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. I will … more →
"In the Middle" by Pearl Pirie
wrote 3 months ago: in the middle of the field clouds’ shadows prove they are closer than the trees Commentary: Wh … more →
"The Flute of All Your Sorrows" by Karsten Piper
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wrote 3 months ago: Do you remember as a child considering the sounds— how many flutes would overwhelm a trumpet? Could … more →
Poems by Heinrich Heine
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wrote 3 months ago: MY DARLING, WE SAT TOGETHER by: Heinrich Heine (1799-1856) My darling, we sat together, we two, in o … more →
A Significant Snowfall
wrote 3 months ago: The time it takes – for snowflakes to whiten distant pines Lorraine Ellis Harr in HAIKU MIND ( … more →
