Read a Poem Per Day

Read a Poem Per Day

As you know, I’m a fan of big New Year’s resolutions.  However, I also delight in small ones, and this year, I made one that... (read more)
Poem: The Peace of Wild Things

Poem: The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and... (read more)

How to Love Winter

Happy winter solstice!  Today is the shortest day of the year, meaning its night is the longest, giving us more darkness, stillness, and reflection.  Call... (read more)

A Poem for a Summer Day

(Photo: My friend, Caroline, and a Boston sunset). The Sun Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun,... (read more)

With All My Heart: Thank You

Open the heart and the heart opens you– salt of the creator eye of the beholder stretch your arms overhead receive the rainfall of pure... (read more)

"Sometimes" You Find a Great Poem for Spring

“Sometimes” Sometimes things don’t go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail. Sometimes a... (read more)