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Holiday Concert, poem by Maryann Corbett | poetryfoundation.org
Here’s a vivid portrayal of one of those school events to which parents are summoned and to which…
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Things – poem by Lisel Mueller | Ted Kooser
Here’s an observant and thoughtful poem by Lisel Mueller about the way we’ve assigned human characteristics to the…
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A Knot of Worms, poem by Marsha Truman Cooper | Ted Kooser
You can’t get closer to our hunter-gatherer ancestors than by clawing in the earth with your fingers. Here’s…
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Living Tree | Poem by Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan, who lives in Ithaca, New York, has long been one of my favorite American poets. He’s…
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Kites – poem by Robert Gibb
This kite-flying poem caught me right up and sent me flying as soon as Robert Gibb described those…
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Mailboxes in Late Winter by Jeffrey Harrison | Ted Kooser
When spring finally arrives, it can be fun to see what winter left behind, and Jeffrey Harrison of…
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A Little Shiver | Poem by Barton Sutter
Another winter is upon us, and Barton Sutter, a poet who lives in Duluth, knows all about cold…
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From a Bridge | Poem by David St. John
David St. John is a California poet whose meticulous care with every word has always impressed me. This…
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Temporary Job | Poem by Minnie Bruce Pratt
Perhaps by the time this column appears, our economy will have improved and people who want to work…
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Family Stories | Poem by Dorianne Laux
An exchange of stories is frequently one of the first steps toward a friendship. Here’s the recollection of…
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I still can’t get it right | Poem by Kathryn Stripling Byer
The following poem by Kathryn Stripling Byer is the second in a series of related poems calledSouthern Fictions.…
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Taos | Poem by Jillena Rose
The paintings of Georgia O’Keefe taught us a lot about bones in the desert, but there’s more to…
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Pity the Beautiful | Poem by Dana Gioia
Dana Gioia, who served as Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, did a marvelous job of…
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Second Tour | Poem by Penelope Scambly Schott
Psychologists must have a word for it, the phenomenon of shifting the focus of sadness from the source…
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Leaving the Hospital | Poem by Anya Silver
If you’ve been in a hospital, and got out alive, you’re really alive. In this poem, Anya Silver,…
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Eight Ball | Poem by Claudia Emerson
At a time when a relationship is falling apart, sometimes the news of its failure doesn’t come out…
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Mr. D Shops At Fausto’s Food Palace | Poem by Candace Black
Nothing brings a poem to life more quickly than the sense of smell, and Candace Black, who lives…
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Sometimes, When the Light | Poem by Lisel Mueller
A wise friend told me that since the Age of Reason we’ve felt we had to explain everything,…
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The Art of Being | Poem by Anne Coray
Anne Coray is an Alaskan, and in this beautiful meditation on the stillness of nature she shows us…
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After Disappointment | Poem by Mark Jarman
Here’s a moving poem about parenthood, about finding one’s self to be an adult but still trying to…