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...
Carmel Point – Robinson Jeffers
Welcome to April's Poem of the Month!
First, my apologies for sending out this month's poem almost half-way through April! Life, as we all know,...
Sometimes – Sheenagh Pugh
Welcome to December's Poem of the Month
It seems easy to look back at this year and remember all of the tumultuous events that marked...
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...
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...