“The Blue Robe” by Wendell Berry from New Collected Poems. © Counterpoint Press was originally published in 2012.
Poetry for Us — Girls Can, Too!
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.