Poetry Is Life
James CrewsEach week I share poems, essays, and writing prompts meant to open the heart and nourish the soul.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 169 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 47 hours ago |
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Teranga
Teranga
The next time someone says thank you,
instead of answering with you’re welcome,
what if you told the truth, as they do
in Senegal, saying: It is shared, it is
for both of us—the gift flowing back
and forth in all direction...
Bonus Poem: Antidote
Antidote
The best beauty always startles us
like the sudden song of the tree frog
waking me from sleep, just a single
plaintive cry through the open window,
and I become more window than wall.
Or stepping out the back door, ready...
Gathering Mint
Gathering Mint
I was kneeling on the earth
picking peppermint leaves for tea—
clean, green scent leaping up
to meet me—when a bumblebee
briefly landed on a pale pink blossom
just long enough for me to wonder
at the droning Om of...
Allowed To Be Ordinary
Allowed To Be Ordinary
When I stop comparing and allow myself
to be ordinary—folding tea towels
and T-shirts into neat squares, rinsing out
the sticky jar that once held honey—I taste
a piece of eternity. Giving myself to the task...
A Friend’s Voice
A Friend’s Voice
for Claire
All day, after the brief phone call, I felt
the lilt and lift of my friend’s voice
while mowing the grass and pulling clumps
of weeds from around the driveway, while
washing a head of cauliflower fo...
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James Crews is the author of The Sacred Everyday, Breathing Room, and Turning Toward Grief, as well as editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies, including The Wonder of Small Things, Love Is for All of Us, and How to Love the World.
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