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Poetry Corner: Volume 14
Read more: Poetry Corner: Volume 14Life feels chaotic lately. Some days we choose to disappear, wearing the cloak of ignorance. Some days, we are jolted awake, and can’t seem to put the misery of the World out of our heads. Some days, we pray for the rains. Some days there’s an outpouring of tears that refuses to stem. Some days,…
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Poetry Corner: Volume 13
Read more: Poetry Corner: Volume 13It’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
Read more: New in Shop: Poetry CardsIf 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
Read more: A Held BreathDense 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
Read more: Poetry Corner: Volume 12We 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…