One morning you might wake up to realize that the knot in your stomach had loosened itself and slipped away, and that the pit of unfulfilled longing in your heart had gradually, and without your really noticing, been filled in—patched like a pothole, not quite the same as it was, but good enough. And in […]
Hymn for the Hurting by Amanda Gorman
Everything hurts, Our hearts shadowed and strange, Minds made muddied and mute. We carry tragedy, terrifying and true. And yet none of it is new; We knew it as home, As horror, As heritage. Even our children Cannot be children, Cannot be. Everything hurts. It’s a hard time to be alive, And even harder to […]
Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart is Not Breaking by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
On Earth, just a teaspoon of neutron star Would weigh six billion tons. Six billion tons Equals the collective weight of every animal On earth. Including the insects. Times three. Six billion tons sounds impossible Until I consider how it is to swallow grief – Just a teaspoon and one might as well have consumed […]
Summons by Aurora Levins Morales
Last night I dreamed ten thousand grandmothers from the twelve hundred corners of the earth walked out into the gap one breath deep between the bullet and the flesh between the bomb and the family. They told me we cannot wait for governments. There are no peacekeepers boarding planes. There are no leaders who dare […]
Sonnet 123: No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change by William Shakespeare
No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change: Thy pyramids built up with newer might To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight. Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire What thou dost foist upon us that is old, And rather make them born to […]
You Can Talk by Alice Walker
You can talk about the balm in Gilead But what about the balm Right Here What about the healing of the wounded heart When someone you have harmed gleefully embraces you?
Accepting This by Mark Nepo
Yes, it is true. I confess, I have thought great thoughts, and sung great songs—all of it rehearsal for the majesty of being held. The dream is awakened when thinking I love you and life begins when saying I love you and joy moves like blood when embracing others with love. My efforts now turn […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 40
- Next Page »