Joy Sullivan's poem on the lived sense of healing while being held in another person's deep, loving attention.
Tag: love
Deep Down Things
True presence demands attention beyond the self, and a reckoning with the vastness of the other lives that shape our world. BY DEREK FURR
Ingrid M. Calderón – come to me
Los Angeles poet Ingrid M. Calderón breathes a little fire into the cold hours of February with her passionate "come to me".
Jerrice J. Baptiste – If In Search of Bliss
As we embark on this new year, Haitian-born poet Jerrice J. Baptiste directs us to trust the renewal and healing properties of radiance.
Ross Gay – Sorrow is Not My Name
Ross Gay's ode to awakening to sweetness, written after Gwendolyn Brooks.
Lou Second – At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last
Emerging French poet and artist Lou Second gives us a window into innermost thoughts with his "At a party, 1.30 am, blasting music to last".
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer – For When We Greet Each Other
A poem about seeing and honoring what is divine in others and in ourselves, as though all our lives depended on it.
Ice Over
Change drives our lives forward; our emotions fuel the trip. BY JULIA ROBINSON SHIMIZU
Lucille Clifton – Blessing the Boats
Lucille Clifton's heartfelt blessing to those going forward into the mystery of unknowing, or adversity and the vast sea.
The Gift
Love, hope, and reality; are woven and wrapped together. BY NANCY FRANCESE