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Incarnating

Of all the planets on which you could experience life, Earth may be the most trying. Poet Carolyn Chilton meditates on how the deep breath may make living here a little easier.
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Tears

How do you hold your grief with the Earth? Ten-year-old poet Ivy Wade holds her grief with the flowing river and the howling wind.
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Together

“All it takes... is a photo of earth from space... and I’m stunned again, how much we are in this together.” Breathe in, breathe out, this poem by Rosemerry.
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Election

What are you voting for? Alfred K. LaMotte casts his vote for the cry of a loon, his grandfather’s bones, and the beetles that feed now with a poem that rings as a piercing reminder of the stakes beyond the self.
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May Morning

In honour of Earth Day 2024, we share this exquisite poem reminding us that we utterly belong to this world, its beauty and its losses.
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What It All Comes Down To

Amidst eco/social crises, and for this ever widening sense of self, Carolyn Chilton Casas invites us to both stay connected and let go.
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Coming Together

For everyone who aches for peace, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares this poem.
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The News

This poem by Emilie Lygren invites us to relax our vigilance—just for a moment.
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Big Lesson

In observance of World Poetry Day we offer “Big Lesson,” a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. May it support your practice.
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For When People Ask

In this poem, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer reflects on the paradox of loving this gorgeous, hurting world.
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