
Phenomenal Woman By Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them,…
Phenomenal Woman By Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them,…
“Don’t let your throat tighten with fear. Take sips of breath all day and night, before death closes your mouth.”–Rumi When I was 18 at Beloit College, I took a…
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty…
Song For Making the Birds Come by Stephen Dobyns For Shirley Stark All winter you felt nothing. As your body continued its necessary tasks, your brother, the snow, remained keeper…
“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”—Mark Twain “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”…
The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and…
“There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” –Rumi They say that gratitude is the enemy of anxiety. There are countless studies that describe the clear link between…
I grew up loving stories. Before bed, I would always be cuddled up with a book that transported me to a different world. Tales of phoenixes, time travel, magic, and…
Reckless Poem Today again I am hardly myself. It happens over and over. It is heaven-sent. It flows through me like the blue wave. Green leaves – you may believe…