Girls Can, Too! By Lee Bennett Hopkins from Make a Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets
Poetry for Us — The Lost Breath of Trees
The Lost Breath of Trees is 4 stanzas and came to author Colleen J. McElroy in a dream. She wrote notes in the notebook she keeps by the bed.
Poetry for Us — On Politics and Poetry
On Politics and Poetry by Marwan Makhoul, speaks of listening to the birds, which requires warplanes to be silent.
Poetry for Us — Mother and Son
This month’s poem, Mother and Son, by Langston Hughes, is in Make a Joyful Sound — Poems for Children by African-American poets.
Poetry for Us — Policing the Crisis
Policing the Crisis by Antonia Darder They call it a crisis.As if a mother’s quivering handwas a hurricane.
Poetry for Us — For Alex Jeffrey Pretti
For Alex Jeffrey Pretti, Murdered by I.C.E. January 24, 2026 is by Amanda Gorman expresses both horror and hope around Pretti’s murder.
Poetry for Us — Walking Home from Oak Head Pond
Walking Home from Oak Head Pond, by Mary Oliver, is from her book Thirst, speaks to the peace from the quiet of the outdoors.
Poetry for Us — January 2026
Resolution Blessing By Mattie Stepanek From Reflections of a Peacemaker (2005): Let our breath be gentle wind