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tree dad

(too long for here - link below)

#poetry #poemaday

https://simplesigns.asphere.blue/s/tree-dad

tree dad

(too long for here - link below)

#poetry #poemaday

https://simplesigns.asphere.blue/s/tree-dad

Excerpt from "Instead of AI" by James Crews

Let’s use our hands to do
real things—whisking eggs
for banana bread that rises
in its pan like a miracle,
the teeth of a serrated knife
cutting each perfect slice.
Let’s write our own sentences,
stringing together words
as they come, bead by bead,
to make a necklace that fits.

https://mailchi.mp/8eb13006f548/weekly-pause-instead-of-ai?e=4660b7819e

#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poetry #poem #poems #JamesCrews #PoetryOfPresence #AI

Limbus

Tree trunk, stripped bare.
Crossbar, damp air.
Black clouds, crows caw,
perched on nails — gone.

A sign, four words.
No voice is heard.
Cramped cave, stone bed
where herbs lay — bled.

Long wait, dark night.
No candles burn bright.
Hinted return.
But silence — burns.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #catholic #anglican #holyweek #holysaturday #goodfriday #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography

Excerpt from Ellen Bass, "Pray for Peace":

"When you walk to your car, to the mailbox,
to the video store, let each step
be a prayer that we all keep our legs,
that we do not blow off anyone else’s legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle
or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution
of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves:
less harm, less harm, less harm."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/02/ellen-bass-pray-for-peace.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #peace #EllenBass

New on my blog: A collection of poems you may need as you experience pain and yet still find beauty in this broken world. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-rose-amidst-thorns-poems-about-beauty.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #beauty #grief #PoetryOfPresence

An excerpt from "Evidence" by Mary Oliver:

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in
singing, especially when singing is not necessarily
prescribed.

https://yearsrisingmaryoliver.blogspot.com/2011/02/evidence.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #MaryOliver #PoetryOfPresence

"In Broad Daylight" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2026/01/26/in-broad-daylight/.

Excerpt:

not to rid myself of rage
but to become a clearer channel
to meet the chest-scouring,
scab-clawing, cell-screaming,
throat-burning fury of rage

#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poem #poems #poetry #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #anger #rage #PoetryOfPresence

O, kom er eens kijken
A #poetry thread

—

i.

A bearded man in miter red
walks through the streets of cobblestone,
a Christmas market, where he said
to children from his wooden throne

that on the Sixth, his day had come
to bring them cheer and happiness
from distant Turkey, his old home
that once he'd saved with his kindness:

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #sinterklaas #stnicholas #christmas #christmasmarket #people #streetphotography #photography

I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #PoetryOfPolitics #activism #AdvocacyMatters #advocacy

Excerpt from "Annual" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

I know they will die,
the dahlias, the zinnias,
the petunias, the geraniums,
will die come autumn,
and still I buy them, still
plant them and sing to them
as I do.

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/31/annual/

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #gratitude #gratefulness #PoetryOfPresence #gardens #gardening #flowers #summer #autumn #dying #death #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

A collection of poems about walking: https://bikestylelife.com/2023/10/12/walking-poems/.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #walkability #walking #PoetryOfPresence #OnAWalk #WhileWalking #WalkingLife

Vigil

A candle snuffed,
its wick is curled.
A puff of smoke
in air unfurled.

There at the tip,
the faintest spark
in spirit red
to spite the dark.

#poem #poemaday #poetry #writing #berlin #longexposure #holysaturday #karsamstag #easter #church #architecture #photography

I love trees. "April Prayer" by Stuart Kestenbaum celebrates what they're up to this time of year in my part of the world. An excerpt from https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/04/stuart-kestenbaum-april-prayer.html

"Just before the green begins there is the hint of green
a blush of color, and the red buds thicken
the ends of the maple’s branches and everything
is poised before the start of a new world,
which is really the same world"

#TodaysPoem #Poem #poetry #poems #PoemADay #trees #spring #April #StuartKestenbaum #PoetryOfPresence

Captured thoughts on March delights in my life, which are there even through all the what's-is exploding around us. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-delights.html

#March #poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #dandelions #flowers #spring #grateful #PoetryOfPresence #ThichNhatHanh

I love the philosophy and artistic style of Oxherd Boy, Regina Linke. The latest drawing features a Bertolt Brecht poem.

"Motto"
by Bertolt Brecht

In the dark times
Will there be singing?
Yes, there will be singing.
About the dark times.

https://oxherdboy.org/products/dark-times

#OxherdBoy #art #ReginaLinke #BertoltBrecht #DarkTimes #singing #PoetryOfPresence #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay

Two poems on the sun to bring you warmth (on a rainy day, where I live).

Tony Hoaglund, "The Word"
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2013/03/tony-hoagland-word.html
Mary Oliver, "Sun" https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/mary-oliver-sun.html

Put "sunlight" on your to-do list for the weekend.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #sun #sunlight #sunshine #PoetryOfPresence #TonyHoaglund #MaryOliver

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

This poem breaks my heart all over again every time I read it. C/w violence mentioned.

From "Testimony" by Rebecca Baggett:

"I want to say, like Neruda,
that I am waiting for
"a great and common tenderness,"
that I still believe
we are capable of attention,
that anyone who notices the world
must want to save it."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/rebecca-baggett-testimony.html

#poetry #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poem #poems #RebeccaBaggett #LoveTheWorld #PabloNeruda #attention #PoetryOfPresence #nature

Oh, this piece by @mariapopova is a gorgeous thing to read. https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/12/31/some-blessings-to-begin-with/

It led me to her Almanac of Birds and I've preordered that from my local bookstore. Bookshop (affiliate) link https://bookshop.org/a/89483/9781961341432.

#birds #PoetryOfPresence #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #blessings #divination #BirdArt

"Remember" by Joy Harjo--excerpt.

"Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth, we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them,
listen to them. They are alive poems."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/11/joy-harjo-remember.html

#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poetry #poems #poem #JoyHarjo #PoetryOfPresence

Excerpt from "Guidelines" by Rhina Espaillat https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/11/rhina-espaillat-guidelines.html

"Don’t count on schemes, it’s far too short a span
from the first sowing till they come to reap.
One way alone to count, since time began:
love something, love it hard, now, while you can."

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #love #RhinaEspaillat #PoetryOfPresence

An excerpt from "For When We Greet Each Other" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer:

And if we said it enough, perhaps we’d believe it,
and if we believed it enough, perhaps we’d live it,
treating every other human like someone
who holds our very existence in their hands,
like someone whose life has been given us to serve,

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/11/10/for-when-we-greet-each-other

#poetry #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #welcome #connection #greetings

"When You Ask Me If I Can Say Yes to the World as It Is" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Today yes is made of lead.
You look at me
and I nod—
and together
we carry the weight.

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/11/05/when-you-ask-me-if-i-can-say-yes-to-the-world-as-it-is/

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer

A poem we could all use right about now: "Hokusai Says" by Roger Keyes. An excerpt:

He says don’t be afraid.
Don’t be afraid.
Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.
Let life live through you.

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/11/roger-keyes-hokusai-says.html

#poetry #poem #PoemADay #TodaysPoem #RogerKeyes #Hokusai #KatsushikaHokusai #PoetryOfPresence

Zelda: "Each of Us Has A Name"
Excerpt:

Each of us has a name
given by our enemies
and given by our love
Each of us has a name
given by our celebrations
and given by our work

This poem is recited in Israel on every Holocaust Memorial Day. Each of us means each and every one of us. May the fighting end and the work of peace take center stage.

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/10/zelda-each-of-us-has-name.html

#peace #PoemADay #poem #TodaysPoem #poetry #Zelda #Holocaust #Israel #PoetryOfPresence

"Morning Offering" by John O'Donohue is a wonderful start to the day. Excerpt:

"May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/10/john-odonohue-morning-offering.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #JohnODonohue #life #PoetryOfPresence

Wonderful poem by Barbara Crooker, "Some October". https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/10/barbara-crooker-some-october.html

Excerpt:

"Some October, when the leaves turn gold, ask
me if I've done enough to deserve this life
I've been given. A pile of sorrows, yes, but joy
enough to unbalance the equation."

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #BarbaraCrooker #joy #life #October #autumn #PoetryOfPresence

William Stafford's "Good Room" spoke to me this morning about my weekend spent in the kitchen canning the bounty of the harvest.

"Room that gives life, alone with independent
spices content just to be in their jars:
while we live may your way be ours."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/09/william-stafford-good-room.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #PoetryOfPresence #WilliamStafford #kitchen #cooking #food #spices

New on my blog: A collection of poems about September https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-year-of-poems-september.html.

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #September #autumn #fall #PoetryOfPresence #blackberries

"Looking at the Bouquet on My Counter" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Like tiny, earthbound fireworks
that flourish in my garden,
the flowers of wild bergamot
flare purple, their slender petals
curl back, and I am reminded
how small it can be, our chance
to blaze, to be beautiful, to spread
our sweet perfume, and still make—
at least in one life—a real difference.

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/08/19/looking-at-the-bouquet-on-my-counter/

#poetry #poem #PoetryOfPresence #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #RosemerryWahtolaTrommer #MakeADifference #flowers

"Gentle Now, Don't Add to Heartache" by Juliana Spahr is long, and worth the time.

https://poems.com/poem/gentle-now-dont-add-to-heartache/

Found thanks to the excerpt posted Phyllis Cole-Dai's site "The Raft". https://phylliscoledai.substack.com/p/the-daily-boost-798 Phyllis edited the books Poetry of Presence and Poetry of Presence II and I read from her 3-year collection of mindfulness poems every morning. https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/

#PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #VerseThursday #nature #Ohio #BeingHere

I build my poetry collections over time and it's always a delight to re-encounter one I love. Barbara Ras's "You Can't Have It All" is one I put in my August collection although it's about much, much more.

"and when it is August,
you can have it August and abundantly so."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/barbara-ras-you-cant-have-it-all.html

https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-year-of-poems-august.html

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #BarbaraRas #PoetryOfPresence #life

The darkness abounds
as the world slips into night —
A candle is lit

#haiku #俳句 #poem #poemaday #poetry #writing #photography
#potsdam #history #architecture #longexposure #silent_sunday

Wish Eid Mubarak
and work for peace in our world —
may all coexist 🕊️

#haiku #俳句 #poem #poemaday #poetry #writing #rawphotography #architecture #potsdam #photography

#peace #shalom #salam #eidmubarak

Marci Thurston-Shayne, a student of Thich Nhat Hanh, wrote a reply/reworking of his poem "The Good News". Hers is "More Good News" https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/marci-thurston-shaine-more-good-news.html. Excerpt:

"The good news exists,
often twisted and obscure.
We try to print and live it right.
Each of us is a special edition, every moment
new ink wet behind our ears."

#poetry #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #ThichNhatHanh #MarciThurstonShane #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence