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A Poem Before Breakfast - by Em Strang

{ Poem }

before the door opens and the pony crashes in with hoof-dirt and flicky
/ muzzle. You ordered eggs and toast but Pony’s…

Song - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

End is in beginning;
/ And in beginning end:
/ Death is not loss, nor life winning;
/ But each and to each is friend.
/
/ The hands…

Gift - by Czesław Miłosz

{ Poem }

A day so happy.
/ Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden.
/ Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.
/ There was no thing on…

The Guest House - by Jalaluddin Rumi

{ Poem }

Translated by Coleman Barks
/
/ This being human is a guest house.
/ Every morning a new arrival.
/
/ A joy, a depression, a meanness,
/ some…

Imaginary CV - by Tom Bryan

{ Poem }

Like Loppy, our local river tramp
/ his cedar shack festooned with gar jaws,
/ snapping turtle shells. Wood-burning
/ stove, nurturing stew and tar…

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