“Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco
Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging…
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“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens
IAmong twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. III was of three minds,Like a treeIn which there are three…
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“The Cure” by Albert Huffstickler
We think we get over things. We don’t get over things. Or say, we get over the measles but not a broken heart. We need…
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“Forever – is composed of Nows –” by Emily Dickenson
Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time – Except for Infiniteness – And Latitude of Home – From this –…
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“What Is Success?” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest critics and…
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“In Blackwater Woods” by Mary Oliver
Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers…
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“Love After Love” by Derek Walcott
Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own…
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“See It Through” by Edgar Guest
When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a…
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“Praise” by Mary Oliver
Knee-deep in the ferns springing up at the edge of the whistling swamp I watch the owl with its satisfied, heart-shaped face as it flies over the water– back and…
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“The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean – the one who has…
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