Monday, September 29, 2025

1194. The Little Ways That Encourage Good Fortune - William Stafford

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Wisdom is having things right in your life  and knowing why. If you do not have things right in your life you will be overwhelmed: you may b...
Monday, September 15, 2025

1193. New Mexican Mountain - Robinson Jeffers, 1932

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  I watch the Indians dancing to help the young corn at Taos Pueblo. The old men squat in a ring And make the song, the young women with...
Sunday, September 07, 2025

1192. Poem For Dan's Departure - Kate Farrell

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So much do we love Talking to people we love About ideas we love That thinking becomes a conversation With people we love about ideas we lov...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

1191. In The Sierras - Al Young

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Way up here, where sky comes close to calling all the shots, where photographers, geographers and gopher- loathing golfers and creature-...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

1190. Axe Handles - Gary Snyder

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One afternoon the last week in April showing Kai how to throw a hatchet One half turn and it sticks in a stump. He recalls the hatchet head ...
Monday, August 04, 2025

1189. Everything Is Going To Be Alright - Derik Mahon

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How should I not be glad to contemplate the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window and a high tide reflected on the ceiling ? There will b...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

1188. Poem - Thomas McGrath -

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How could I have come so far (And always on such dark trails) I must have traveled by the light shining from the faces of all those I ha...
Friday, July 11, 2025

1187. The Ticket - Anne Porter

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  On the night table beside my bed I keep a small blue ticket One day I found it In my pocket book I don’t know how It got there I...
Monday, July 07, 2025

1186. Brown Penny - William Butler Yeats

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I whispered, "I am too young." and then, “I am old enough”. Wherefore I thew a penny To find out if I might love. “Go and love,...