Excerpt from Ellen Bass, "Pray for Peace":

"When you walk to your car, to the mailbox,
to the video store, let each step
be a prayer that we all keep our legs,
that we do not blow off anyone else’s legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle
or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution
of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves:
less harm, less harm, less harm."

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/02/ellen-bass-pray-for-peace.html

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New on my blog: A collection of poems you may need as you experience pain and yet still find beauty in this broken world. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-rose-amidst-thorns-poems-about-beauty.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #beauty #grief #PoetryOfPresence

An excerpt from "Evidence" by Mary Oliver:

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in
singing, especially when singing is not necessarily
prescribed.

https://yearsrisingmaryoliver.blogspot.com/2011/02/evidence.html

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #MaryOliver #PoetryOfPresence

"In Broad Daylight" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2026/01/26/in-broad-daylight/.

Excerpt:

not to rid myself of rage
but to become a clearer channel
to meet the chest-scouring,
scab-clawing, cell-screaming,
throat-burning fury of rage

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I come back to this post every so often. We can't win with poetry alone, but without poetry what world are we hoping for? https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2023/08/we-are-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-poems.html

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Excerpt from "Annual" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

I know they will die,
the dahlias, the zinnias,
the petunias, the geraniums,
will die come autumn,
and still I buy them, still
plant them and sing to them
as I do.

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/05/31/annual/

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A collection of poems about walking: https://bikestylelife.com/2023/10/12/walking-poems/.

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"A quiet presence, reminding me that sometimes, simply being is enough."
#PoetryOfPresence #SelfDiscovery #QuietReflections #MomentCaptured #NatureInspiration #MindfulLiving #SimplyBeing #PoetryCommunity #SelfLoveJourney #InnerPeace #PoetryLovers #EchoesOfSilence #StillnessInNature #MindfulnessInMotion

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I love trees. "April Prayer" by Stuart Kestenbaum celebrates what they're up to this time of year in my part of the world. An excerpt from https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2015/04/stuart-kestenbaum-april-prayer.html

"Just before the green begins there is the hint of green
a blush of color, and the red buds thicken
the ends of the maple’s branches and everything
is poised before the start of a new world,
which is really the same world"

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Captured thoughts on March delights in my life, which are there even through all the what's-is exploding around us. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-delights.html

#March #poetry #poems #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #dandelions #flowers #spring #grateful #PoetryOfPresence #ThichNhatHanh