Poetry

  • Poem by Mary Oliver: Invitation

    By on January 16, 2017

    Believe us, they say, it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Best Things in Life

    By on January 6, 2017

    The best things in life are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet...

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    Polly Castor
  • New Year’s Blessing

    By on January 4, 2017

    In the coming year, may you live with an ever deepening sense of abundance and ease. May you see clearly...

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem: Those Left Outside

    By on December 18, 2016

    They are the ones who follow, kneel, and welcome Him in.

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    Polly Castor
  • Best Poetry Books for Children and Young Adults

    By on December 17, 2016

    It is a fortunate child who shares these poems with an adult that cares– firelight, fuzzy blankets, cookies, and...

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    Polly Castor
  • Advent is the Name of That Moment

    By on December 11, 2016

    The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens.

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem: Dance of the Tide

    By on December 8, 2016

    ...flashing white petticoat flounces flirting with the stalwart ebony rock face...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by Ruhiyyih Khanum: This is Faith

    By on November 29, 2016

    To walk where there is no path, To breathe where there is no air, To see where there is no light- This...

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    Polly Castor
  • Grace Notes #2

    By on November 24, 2016

    This Thanksgiving, I am furthering my goal of appreciating the abundance of random good.

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    Polly Castor
  • Thanksgiving Links 2016

    By on November 23, 2016

    Here are live links to past Thanksgiving features on this blog as well as those to Christian Science Thanksgiving...

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    Polly Castor
  • Night Prayer of a New Zealand Prayer Book

    By on November 18, 2016

    The night is for stillness. Let us be still in the presence of God.

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by Rudyard Kipling: If

    By on November 14, 2016

    If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth...

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    Polly Castor

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