Melissa Anderson

Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

Ada Limon

How to Triumph Like a Girl

by Ada Limón

Elizabeth Acevedo

Rat Ode

by Elizabeth Acevedo

Lucille Clifton

here rests

by Lucille Clifton

Margaret Atwood

Variations on the Word Sleep

by Margaret Atwood

Dorianne Laux

Dust

by Dorianne Laux

Lucille Clifton

the mississippi river empties into the gulf

by Lucille Clifton

Naomi Replansky

Housing Shortage

by Naomi Replansky

Ellen Bass

The Thing Is

by Ellen Bass

Vievee Francis

Like Jesus to the Crows

by Vievee Francis

Melissa Anderson

what i can count on

by Melissa Anderson

Melissa Anderson

a puddle on bricks

by Melissa Anderson

Richard Wright

459

by Richard Wright

Audre Lorde

Now that I am forever with child

by Audrey Lorde

Lorin Roche

Sutra 58: The tongue is made of truth and flame

by Lorin Roche

William Stafford

At the Un-National Monument along the Canadian Border

by William Stafford

Marge Piercy

To Be of Use

by Marge Piercy

Jericho Brown

Say Thank You Say I'm Sorry

by Jericho Brown

Lucille Clifton

my dream about time

by Lucille Clifton

Marge Piercy

The seven of pentacles

by Marge Piercy

Hera Lindsay Bird

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

by Hera Lindsay Byrd

Mary Oliver

Wild Geese

by Mary Oliver

Nikki Giovanni

Adulthood

by Nikki Giovanni

Dorianne Laux

China

by Dorianne Laux

bell hooks

in love

by bell hooks

Audre Lorde

Recreation

by Audre Lorde

Ruth Stone

Advice

by Ruth Stone

Eloisa Amezcua

Teaching My Mother English over the Phone

by Eloisa Amezcua

Mary Oliver

When I Am Among the Trees

by Mary Oliver

Yusef Komunyakaa

Anodyne

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Jericho Brown

Bullet Points

by Jericho Brown

Maxine Kumin

After Love

by Maxine Kumin

Charlie Smith

The No Was in the Body

by Charlie Smith

Mary Oliver

In Blackwater Woods

by Mary Oliver

Lucille Clifton

i am running into a new year

by Lucille Clifton

Naomi Shihab Nye

Burning the Old Year

By Naomi Shihab Nye

Jeni Couzyn

The Way Towards Each Other

by Jeni Couzyn

Jane Hirshfield

To Drink

By Jane Hirshfield

Margaret Atwood

Solstice Poem

by Margaret Atwood

Nikki Giovanni

My House

by Nikki Giovanni

Wislawa Szymborska

A Note

by Wislawa Szymborska

Lucille Clifton

i am accused of tending to the past

by Lucille Clifton

E.E. Cummmings

since feeling is first

by E.E. Cummings

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 73

by William Shakespeare

Margaret Atwood

Siren Song

By Margaret Atwood

E.E. Cummmings

[somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond]

by E.E. Cummings

Li-Young Lee

From Blossoms

by Li-Young Lee

Yusef Komunyakaa

Safe Subjects

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Charles Simic

My Weariness of Epic Proportions

By Charles Simic

Natalie Diaz

I Watch Her Eat the Apple

by Natalie Diaz