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rose in the rain

“For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain.” —John Cheever

10 poems

man in park Be Mindful of the Moment - Neil Harding McAlister
unhappy girl Causatum - Sharamain Sadler
Flowers Talk - Joan Adams Burchell
be happy Help Yourself to Happiness - Helen Steiner Rice
fractured woman How We Didn’t Tell Her - Sandra M. Gilbert
Medicine Wheel - Paul Allen Bruce
walking in the rain October Morning Rain - Sally Boland
Poem for My Father - Virgil Suárez
glasses The Poet - Raymond Garfield Dandridge
man jumping Thinking - Walter D. Wintle
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“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.” ―Kahlil Gibran

Featured Poem

man in park

Be Mindful of the Moment

By Neil Harding McAlister

The here and now is all we hold
through times of joy and sorrow.
We may watch fulsome years unfold—
or may not see tomorrow.
Be mindful of the moment.
Pay attention to each one.
The past has fled beyond our grasp,
the future's yet to come ... Read more
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