poetry - Encouragement

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Sara Miller, "Countermeasures"

Sara Miller, "Countermeasures"

Thus you have to turn to the ducks. There is no choice.

Virginia Konchan, "Zoo"

Virginia Konchan, "Zoo"

I'm sitting with "the clay heart of Nature," thinking how malleable the most pristine encounters I've had with the natural world have been.

Ye Hui, "The Witch"

Ye Hui, "The Witch"

The witch proclaiming "You see nothing / Clearly" is the one statement of this poem which fits the facts.

Kay Ryan, "New Rooms"

Kay Ryan, "New Rooms"

How do each of us deal with a world continually in flux without any time to think?

Robin Davidson, "Winter Litany"

Robin Davidson, "Winter Litany"

I confess I was never patient enough to sit and watch the snow fall for a little while.

Bashō, "Here, where a thousand captains swore"

Bashō, "Here, where a thousand captains swore"

The only legacy which matters is a space for others.

Yosa Buson, "The old fisherman"

Yosa Buson, "The old fisherman"

I wonder if this is aging: refusing to look elsewhere, focusing on the object in front.

Seamus Heaney, "North"

Seamus Heaney, "North"

We travel to see history and find dust.

Kay Ryan, "Why We Must Struggle"

Kay Ryan, "Why We Must Struggle"

At some point, the world is in fact a moral order, because it cannot be otherwise.

Charles Simic, "In the Street"

Charles Simic, "In the Street"

Simic's "In the Street" voices a compelling, somewhat hopeless romanticism.

Wisława Szymborska, "Vermeer"

Wisława Szymborska, "Vermeer"

I've encountered plenty of monsters who have immersed themselves in what they think is a moral vision.

Emily Dickinson, "I never saw a Moor" (1052)

Emily Dickinson, "I never saw a Moor" (1052)

You don't have to be a pagan to know that some areas are meant to be wild and untouched.

Andrea Cohen, "Seaside"

Andrea Cohen, "Seaside"

It's funny how planning can be the achievement itself.

Kay Ryan, "We’re Building the Ship as We Sail It"

Kay Ryan, "We’re Building the Ship as We Sail It"

...you shouldn’t reason the same way in emergencies as you do when things are normal.

Kay Ryan, "Crocodile Tears"

Kay Ryan, "Crocodile Tears"

The tropes are in charge, far more than actual people.

Marcin Świetlicki, "Photograph"

Marcin Świetlicki, "Photograph"

It is not a loss to recognize how you remember and how you love.

Robert Creeley, "Small Time"

Robert Creeley, "Small Time"

Robert Creeley's "Small Time" is a conversational poem.

Emily Dickinson, "Spring is the Period" (844)

Emily Dickinson, "Spring is the Period" (844)

You will have your days on Earth and they will be numbered.

Marcin Świetlicki, "April 1, Wągrowiec, Poland"

Marcin Świetlicki, "April 1, Wągrowiec, Poland"

Świetlicki grabs you, spins you around, and throws you into a dark, remote place.

Jennifer Chang, "Ceremony"

Jennifer Chang, "Ceremony"

Ceremonies ask you to commit.

Franz Wright, "P.S."

Franz Wright, "P.S."

Wright establishes empathy with an animal's ordeal.

Frederick Seidel, "Snow"

Frederick Seidel, "Snow"

The being of snow is its activity.

Kobayashi Issa, "On a branch…"

Kobayashi Issa, "On a branch…"

An insect makes their own boat and then launches into their opera, like a Venetian gondolier.

Kei Miller, "Book of Genesis"

Kei Miller, "Book of Genesis"

God creates, exercising their freedom, and frees.

Natalie Diaz, "From the Desire Field"

Natalie Diaz, "From the Desire Field"

"From the Desire Field" is most certainly living in the fullest sense, a sense I want.