A Poem by Julie Clark | Preparation & Hope for Hard Times
Hope always raises its head again
Even after disappointment
The alternative is too bleak
Despair helps no one
The soul longs to hope and believe
That good will overcome evil
Poetry
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Thoughts and Prayers
A poem: “Thoughts & Prayers”? No thank you. Unless you mean the kind of prayer -Where you call out to God – For mercy and forgiveness – And commit yourself – To work, to change – To make this world – A safe place for everyone – To live…
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Follow the Thread
A Poem by Georgia Sanders | Swaying Grasses
A poem about looking for hope and peace amidst the unrest and struggles of the current times.
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In Regard of an Activist, Dr. Melina Abdullah: Your Eyes Don’t Lie
Each social media post. Every media report. And every time, eye read one of the innumerous white supremacist rhetoric and propaganda about you and the work you do, and eye see why you can’t look the other way.
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A Poem by Georgia Sanders | Swaying Grasses
Eating plastic food from a plastic plate Looking for swaying grasses in memories of the sea Forces pulling – sorrow-drenched knowing …
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Palm Branches
…But the palm waving
Crowds shouting
Hosanna, quickly turned
To Crucify him
When he did not do
What they thought
He was supposed to do.
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Ukraine: This War
The cruelest of tyrants
Inflicting his insanity
On the vulnerable?
Is there a shred
Of the soul left to appeal to?
To lament and pray for?
He is not the only tyrant
Still alive today
Perhaps, it’s not too late…
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A Poem by Julie Clark | Reduction
Simmering on a back burner Evaporating Diminishing To concentrate flavor And thicken the broth or sauce Aging, chronic illness, plus the pandemic Reducing me…
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A Poem by Julie Clark | While You Were Scrolling
A poem by Julie Clark underscores the importance of unplugging and noticing the changing seasons.
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A Shelter | Poem by Julie Clark
Shelter. Protection. Feeling safe in your community. That is the spirit Julie Clarks attempts to capture in her poem, A Shelter.
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Review | A Road Always Beckoning by David Whyte
A Road Always Beckoning by David Whyte is a three-part poetry series looking at the inward journeys we must take as we move out of lockdown.
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