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contentment

Hölderlin’s shopping bag - by Thomas A. Clark

{ Poem }

Poetry object

Happiness - by Stuart A. Paterson

{ Poem }

I’ve made my own Museum of / Happiness, which isn’t built of brick / or stone or wood…

The Scribe Under the Trees - by Ian A. Olson

{ Poem }

In the trees above me
/ The blackbird sings
/ As I sit here at my table
/ With my books and my writing things.
/
/ A…

Lazybones - by Pablo Neruda

{ Poem }

In Chile now, cherries are dancing,
/ the dark, secretive girls are singing,
/ and in guitars, water is shining.
/
/ The sun is touching every…

Happy is the Man - by Dawn Wood

{ Poem }

Happy is the man who knows that little is more than enough.
/ He is deaf to the hindrance of plenty.
/ He herds,…

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