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The verse from this Hafez poem that struck me most was, “Even if the flood of materialism drowns everything, do...

The moon is a metaphor—it reflects light, it illuminates the darkness, and it looks to us as if it suddenly...

In this incredible poem, Zbigniew Herbert begs to find what actually is, not a description, not a metaphor, but the...

Sea Fever – John Masefield https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/online-poetry/poems/sea-fever# Some Questions You Might Ask – Mary Oliver https://www.poeticous.com/mary-oliver/some-questions-you-might-ask Some Say You’re Lucky –...

Who Says Words With My Mouth? All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did...

blessing the boats                                  ...

What's important and what's not?  We are so small in the vastness of everything that is, but that doesn't mean...

ON THE MOUNTAIN OF FORTH You could lose yourself up here or just as easily find yourself. You could see...

   ~~~~~~~~~~~ THE JOURNEY One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around...

Song of Uvavnuk – Uvavnuk https://sica-usa.org/news/uvavnuks-song-reynold-weissinger/ The Widening Sky – Edward Hirsch https://intrinsicheart.com/the-widening-sky/ Song of the Flower – Kahlil Gibran...