Our Vision, by poet Wendell Berry. If we will have the wisdom to survive,to stand like slow-growing trees on a ruined place, renewing, enriching it.
Poetry to Share — Gandhi’s Children
Gandhi’s Children, a poem by Irene Lipshin, is from her 2005 book of poetry Territorio Nuevo and speaks to teaching peace to children.
Poetry to Share — Alarm
Alarm, a poem by David McCord, is part of his Collected Poems for the Young. It tells of a cat trying to sneak up on birds at a farm.
Poetry for Us — The Blue Robe
“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.