Category: poems

  • Poetry Corner: Volume 13

    Poetry Corner: Volume 13

    It’s almost time to pack up and burn the old year. We’ve been thinking about a few words we read online the other day. It said: “I don’t want a new year this time, I want a gently used year.” We could use a gently used year, a simpler one where we were naive about…

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  • New in Shop: Poetry Cards

    New in Shop: Poetry Cards

    If you are a reader of A Thousand Mornings, you know the role poetry plays in our lives. In a world that is going to shambles, where each day crosses a new line, it becomes incredibly hard to go on with your life. To notice things, to enjoy small pleasures, to set goals, to practice…

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  • A Held Breath

    A Held Breath

    Dense dark day, two sun chairssit on the lawn in the rain.Which stops. A mist comes toroost in the leafy intervals oftrees over-burdened in mid-September. It still seems farfrom turning time. August, where did you go? The waterglobes that are mist hand witha look of permanence. Down thestreet houses go soft in it,color smears on…

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  • Poetry Corner: Volume 12

    Poetry Corner: Volume 12

    We are sipping tea as we are writing this, trying to create the warmth and kindness Leila Chatti speaks about. Rain is lashing hard against the window as if its arrival is a second coming. Then, we are all looking to pour some of the madness in a tea cup and brew some intimacy. So…

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  • Poetry Corner: Volume 11

    Poetry Corner: Volume 11

    We can’t wait for the rains to begin. To feel anew, to hear the rain speak, to lie in bed all day and stare out the window, mulling the passage of time. To think about responsibility and brood for the rest of the day. To catch rainbows and sing the monsoon song. To feel the…

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