An injured merlin opens the door to the way in which grief and joy are so bewilderingly intertwined in our hearts. BY DEREK FURR
Tag: Joy
Heather Swan – Another Day Filled with Sleeves of Light
In our time alive, what if we trusted just as the falling raindrop trusts the holding of the approaching ocean?
Amelia Schroeder – April 11th
Amelia Schroeder's clear and conversational poem "April 11th" pulses with warmth and curiosity as the narrator inquires of another.
The Invitation
Inviting joy through the divine sound of songs; while singing them for solace. BY CHRISTI KRUG
Li-Young Lee – From Blossoms
Beyond the nationality and identity markers that divide us, Li-Young Lee's poem connects us with what occurs when our sense of being separate, solitary 'selves' drops.
Khrystia Vengryniuk – Selections from “About My Old White Drake”
Celebrated Ukrainian poet Khrystia Vengryniuk offers three selections from her upcoming poetry collection, About An Old White Drake.
Teddy Macker – This World
We will find life intoxicating; we’ll yearn to commune with its beauty, and we’ll also get utterly wrung out by it all and lose our way.
Now and Then
BY CAMILLE GOODISON - Rediscovering the strength and joy in a family's legacy, and appreciating the similarities and differences.
Corinne Hughes – Cullen Island, Anacortes
In "Cullen Island, Anacortes" poet Corinne Hughes reveals brash and radiant liberation from the unwelcome masculine darknesses of the past.
William Wordsworth – The Rainbow
This short poem - Wordsworth's ode to a rainbow - is a simple and direct expression of awe and manifestation of 'beginner's mind.'