Poetry

  • A Poem about Happiness by Naomi Shihab Nye

    By on April 14, 2013

    Happiness It is difficult to know what to do with so much happiness. With sadness there is something to...

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    Polly Castor
  • My New Easter Poem: Fruitful Bounty

    By on March 31, 2013

    Jesus as the apple of God’s eye/ dripping red from a leafless, two branched tree/ drops, full-orbed and ripe,/...

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem by Me: Bolts in a Fabric Shop

    By on March 20, 2013

    Gorgeous color all lined up, waiting/ on inspiration, cash or diligence/ potential energy, gaping/ on tip toe tender-hooks/ leaning...

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem by me: Immunity and Impunity

    By on January 17, 2013

    Did God make guns?/ I don't think so./ What about disease?/ I don't think God made that either. ...

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    Polly Castor
  • Best of 2012

    By on December 31, 2012

    Wow. I’ve finished four years on this daily blog. That's 1,424 entries! Here are the best posts of 2012...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by Cindy Maddox

    By on December 21, 2012

    We just rang the bells of my church/ twenty-eight times, not twenty-six./ Twenty-eight times,/ because twenty-eight people died last...

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    Polly Castor
  • My Haiku for 12/12/12

    By on December 12, 2012

    Triple twelve's today; the last repetitive date we will ever see.

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem: An Ode to Sandy

    By on November 4, 2012

    When I was five I walked by myself each day to kindergarten/ after being shown the seven block...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by me: A Torch to Light My Way

    By on October 23, 2012

    The tree is ablaze/ in the early morning rays/ its smokeless branches/ are flames/ licking/...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem: On the Other Side of the Peninsula

    By on October 4, 2012

    The breeze is gentle here/ on the other side of the peninsula,/ away from the incoming wind,/ where the...

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    Polly Castor
  • New Poem by me: That Old Picnic Table Feeling

    By on September 21, 2012

    The weathered picnic table/ is missing as much paint as it retains,/ splintering me, where my elbow rests/ and...

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    Polly Castor
  • Poem by Jena Strong: What if?

    By on July 29, 2012

    What If? What if you knew that everything was going to be okay, that something was in motion beyond...

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    Polly Castor

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