Taking Down The Tree – Jane Kenyon
We have always had a tradition of tromping out into the cold on the tree farm, examining the noble fir, the grand fir, the...
Song of the Open Road – Walt Whitman
I almost never select the same poet two months in a row, but this month’s poem by Walt Whitman was simply too perfect to...
Now That No One Is Looking – Adam Kirsch
Welcome to May's Poem of the Month!
Sometimes I could swear that the clocks in my house accelerate and there are really only 12 hours...
Starfish – Eleanor Lerman
Welcome to November’s Poem of the Month!
It’s been a busy month here in Seattle, and there were so many wonderful things to celebrate and...
Miracles – Walt Whitman
Since it IS the last day of July, this month's Poem of the Month squeaks in just under the wire. As life seems to get busier...
Natural Buoyancy – Judith Strasser
Welcome to the March 2008 Poem of the Month.
This month's selections hold very special meaning for me as today is Alex's 11th birthday. I...
Poem Number 135 – Mary Oliver
Welcome to June's Poem of the Month
It's been a flurry of end-of-school-year activities - it's still baffling to me how I now have a second grader and a sixth...
