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Uniforms | Poem by Barbara Schmitz
Here’s a fine poem by my fellow Nebraskan, Barbara Schmitz, who here offers us a picture of people…
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How You Know | Poem by Joe Mills
For me, the most worthwhile poetry is that which reaches out and connects with a great number of…
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Chernobyl Year | Poem by Jehanne Dubrow
When I was a little boy, the fear of polio hung over my summers, keeping me away from…
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Window Washer | Poem by Christopher Todd Matthews
I love poems that take pains to observe people at their tasks, and here’s a fine one by…
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Spitwads | Poem by Michael McFee
We who teach creative writing have been known to tell our students that there is no subject so…
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Back from the Fields | Poem by Peter Everwine
Go for a walk and part of whatever you walk through rides back on your socks. Here Peter…
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The Word That Is a Prayer | Poem by Ellery Akers
Ellery Akers is a California poet who here brings all of us under a banner with one simple…
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Night Dive | Poem by Peggy Shumaker
Peggy Shumaker lives in Alaska, but she gets around the world. Here she takes us with her on…
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Home Again, Home Again | Poem by Marilyn L. Taylor
A friend saw a refrigerator magnet that read, PARENTING: THE FIRST 40 YEARS ARE THE HARDEST. And lots…
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The Aunts | Poetry by Joyce Sutphen
I love poems that celebrate families, and here’s a fine one by Joyce Sutphen of Minnesota, a poet…
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Mysterious Neighbors | Poem by Connie Wanek
Connie Wanek is one of my favorite poets. She lives in Duluth and has a keen eye for…
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Brief Eden | Poem by Lois Beebe
I like this poem by 97-year-old Lois Beebe Hayna of Colorado for the way it captures restrained speech.…
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Remaking a Neglected Orchard | Nathaniel Perry
My grandmother Moser made wonderful cherry pies from fruit from a tree just across the road from her…
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Picasso | Poem by Tim Nolan
The great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso said that, in his subjects, he kept the joy of discovery, the…
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The Thrift Shop Dresses | Poem by Frannie Lindsay
After my mother died, one of the most difficult tasks for my sister and me was to take…
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For My Wife Cutting My Hair | Poem by Bruce Guernsey
There’s something wonderfully sweet about a wife cutting a husband’s hair, and Bruce Guernsey, who lives in Illinois…
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Tomato Pies, 25 Cents | Poem by Grace Cavalieri
In Iowa in the 1950’s, when we at last heard about pizza, my mother decided to make one…
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Great Blue Heron | Poem by T. Alan Broughton
Some of us are fortunate to find companions among the other creatures, and in this poem by T.…
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Eating Them As He Came | Poem by Christopher Todd Matthews
Here’s a poem by Christopher Todd Matthews that I especially like for the depiction of the little boy…
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At the Office Holiday Party | Poem by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
At any given moment, there must be 100,000 of us trying to fit in, and finding it next…