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A biblical story is recast and reframed in a poem that speaks back. Someone who was condemned decides to escape. With no regrets.

The sound of the word “blue” is in the poet’s name, a name she inherited from her grandmother. Here, she looks at the word through “Blue.”

Are you present to the present moments of your day? Taking simple moments from a simple day, this poem is present to presence.

Recalling cinematic sequences, the poet rewinds, presses play, presses pause, and presses play again on memories of romance and would-be-romances.

Through a sequence of sensations, John Lee Clark, a DeafBlind poet, essayist, historian, and actor, shares memories of a birthday morning.

In the humdrum of everyday work, a poet invites teenage boys to a talking circle. Then he writes about what happens.

Waking early because of a backfiring car, someone looks out a window at what should have been forgettable, and yet has remained unforgettable.

Nature is praised as everlasting against the changing tides of empires and power.

In a place of devotion, migrants gather, exchange, support, engage, and make new lives together. Religion seems secondary; there’s living to be done.

What friendships have sustained you through change and years and moves and threats and delights? Here’s a poem that praises such friends.