November 2008 ~ Remember

Remember Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star's stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. I met her in a bar once in Iowa City. Remember the sun's birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your [...]

By |2018-08-27T15:46:44+00:00November 8th, 2008|Poem of the Month|

June 2008 ~ Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower

Abd el-Hadi Fights a Superpower In his life he neither wrote nor read. In his life he didn’t cut down a single tree, didn’t slit the throat of a single calf. In his life he did not speak of the New York Times behind its back, didn’t raise his voice to a soul except in [...]

By |2021-02-16T12:50:00+00:00June 8th, 2008|Poem of the Month|

January 2007 ~ You Reading This, Be Ready

Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for [...]

By |2018-08-27T15:55:37+00:00January 1st, 2007|Poem of the Month|
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