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Whom to Remember on Mother’s Day

I propose that we enlarge Mother’s Day to honor not just our biological mothers but our spiritual mothers as well.  They are the teachers, neighbors, aunts, family friends and others whose generosity of spirit left an indelible [...]

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Poetry: A Balm for Troubled Times

For poems are not words after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, and sometimes as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry. —Mary Oliver To paraphrase Oliver, poetry isn’t just an art form, but a powerful medicine.  Poems are a reminder when we are hurting that there is beauty in the world, and when we [...]

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How I Learned to Embrace Poetry

Because of the way I was introduced to poetry, it took me awhile to develop an appreciation for poetry. In middle school I was forced to memorize classic poems like Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.” I remember standing in front of my 8th grade class, woodenly reciting the poem, then sitting down and that was that. Frost’s poem wasn’t [...]

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The Healing Power of Poetry

Since April is National Poetry month and since this April we’re all frantic over COVID, what could be a better time to celebrate the healing powers of poetry? If you’re like me you have favorite poets that you might consult when you’ve been asked to recite a poem at a wedding or funeral, but you probably don’t read poetry as regularly [...]

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