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Off A Side Road Near Staunton | Poem by Stanley Plumly
In many of those Japanese paintings with Mt. Fuji in the background, we find tiny figures moving along…
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The Cricket in the Sump | Poem by Catherine Tufariello
Here’s a fine poem about a cricket by Catherine Tufariello, who lives in Indiana. I especially admire the…
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Bless Their Hearts | Poem by Richard Newman
My mother and her sisters were experts at using faint praise, and “Bless her heart” was a very…
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Winter Sun | Poem by Molly Fisk
It seems to me that most poems are set in spring or summer, and I was pleased to…
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Overtime | Poem by Jorge Evans
I love listening to shop talk, to overhear people talking about their work. Their speech is not only…
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Tonight | Poem by Ladan Osman
This week’s column is by Ladan Osman, who is originally from Somalia but who now lives in Chicago.…
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Potato Soup | Poem by Daniel Nyikos
People have been learning to cook since our ancient ancestors discovered fire, and most of us learn from…
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Girls’ Middle School Orchestra | Poem by Michael Ryan
We all hope our children’s lives will be better than our own, and invest in that hope in…
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Behind the Plow | Poem by Leo Dangel
South Dakota poet Leo Dangel has written some of the best and truest poems about rural life that…
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Bonsai at the Potter’s Stall | Poem by Kay Mullen
I’ve always been fascinated by miniatures of all kinds, the little glass animals I played with as a…
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Reunion | Poem by Dana Gioia
Those of us who have gone back home to attend a reunion of classmates may have felt the…
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Old Houses | Poem by Robert Cording
Here is a lovely poem by Robert Cording, a poet who lives in Connecticut, which shows us a…
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Counting Backwards | Poem by Linda Pastan
I’d guess that nearly everyone is aware that time seems to speed up as we age. Whenever I…
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Lone Egret | Poem by Kathleen M. McCann
It is estimated that one out of five Americans enjoys spending time bird watching, or birding, and here’s…
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After a Rainstorm | Poem by Robert Wrigley
Humans first prized horses for their strength and speed, but we have since been captivated by their beauty,…
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Produce Wagon | Poem by Roy Scheele
I’ve gotten to the age at which I spend a lot of time remembering, and it’s the fragments…
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My Mother’s Pillow | Poem by Cecilia Woloch
I don’t often mention literary forms, but of this lovely poem by Cecilia Woloch I want to suggest…
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More Lies | Poem by Karin Gottshall
Some of us have more active fantasy lives than others, but all of us have them. Here Karin…
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Poem by April Lindner
I am especially fond of what we might call landscape poems, describing places, scenes. Here April Lindner, who…
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One Day | Poem by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Many of us have attempted to console friends who have recently been divorced, and though it can be…