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Poem of The Day
By Marie Howe
What we did to the earth, we did to our daughters
one after the other.
What we did to the trees, we did to our elders
stacked in their wheelchairs by the lunchroom door.
What we did to our daughters, we did to our...
one after the other.
What we did to the trees, we did to our elders
stacked in their wheelchairs by the lunchroom door.
What we did to our daughters, we did to our...
Poem of The Day
By Phillis Wheatley Peters
Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main
The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain;
Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing,
Exhales the incense of the blooming spring.
Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes,
And through the air their mingled music floats.
Through...
The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain;
Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing,
Exhales the incense of the blooming spring.
Soft purl the streams, the birds renew their notes,
And through the air their mingled music floats.
Through...
Poem of The Day
By Martha Silano
Because why not? Why not take the smashed pinecone
of my life, render it in purple? Why not dream of baking
thirteen pies, six bumbleberry, seven sour cherry? I wouldn’t
press myself into a grief box, but I will confess I’m happiest
under a sleeping sky, love the darkness like I loved to run
through old-growth Doug firs and cedars…
of my life, render it in purple? Why not dream of baking
thirteen pies, six bumbleberry, seven sour cherry? I wouldn’t
press myself into a grief box, but I will confess I’m happiest
under a sleeping sky, love the darkness like I loved to run
through old-growth Doug firs and cedars…
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