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Blank | Poem by George Bilgere
To be stumped by the very last crossword puzzle you ever will work on, well, that’s defeat, but…
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Developing the Land | Poem by Stephen Behrendt
Those of us who live in the country equate the word “development” with displacement, and it has often…
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Girl Riding a Horse in a Field of Sunflowers | Poem by David Allan Evans
The first poem we published in this column, back in the spring of 2005, was by David Allan…
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Veil | Poem by Todd Davis
I’m fond of poems about weather, and I especially like this poem by Todd Davis for the way…
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The Exam | Poem by Joyce Sutphen
It’s a rare occasion when I find dozens of poems by just one poet that I’d like to…
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A Ghost Abandons the Haunted | Poem by Katie Cappello
Here’s our Halloween poem for this year, in the thin dry voice of a ghost, as captured by…
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Night Watch | Poem by Mark Smith-Soto
I have three dogs and they are always insisting on one thing or another. Having a dog is…
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I Leave Her Weeping | Poem by Liz Rosenberg
During our more than four years of publishing this column we’ve shown you a number of poems about…
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Nocturne | Poem by Michelle Y. Burke
There’s only so much we can do to better ourselves, and once we’ve done what we can, it…
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Love Story | Poem by James Doyle
I’ve spent my seventy years on The Great Plains and have lived all that time amidst vivid and…
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For the Chipmunk in My Yard | Poem by Robert Gibb
I love to sit outside and be very still until some little creature appears and begins to go…
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Through a Glass | Poem by Chana Bloch
One of my friends told me he’d seen a refrigerator magnet that read, PARENTING; THE FIRST 40 YEARS…
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Once | Poem by Tara Bray
In our busy times, the briefest pause to express a little interest in the natural world is praiseworthy.…
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Five Years Later | Poem by Tony Gloeggler
I’ve read dozens of poems written about the events of September 11, 2001, but this one by Tony…
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Early Sunday Morning | Poem by Edward Hirsch
Because I’m a senior citizen I’m easily attracted by poems about my brothers and sisters meandering into their…
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Rain | Poem by Peter Everwine
Peter Everwine is a California poet whose work I have admired for almost as long as I have…
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Rehab | Poem by Thomas Reiter
Here’s hoping that very few of our readers have to go through cardiac rehab, which Thomas Reiter of…
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Denial | Poem by Patricia Frolander
I recognize the couple who are introduced in this poem by Patricia Frolander, of Sundance, Wyoming, and perhaps…
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Crochet | Poetry by Jan Mordenski
We are sometimes amazed by how well the visually impaired navigate the world, but like the rest of…
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The World as It is | Poem by Carolyn Miller
It is enough for me as a reader that a poem take from life a single moment and…