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A Poem Across America

  <be sure to click "Read More" to get these poems formatted as intended> A Poem Across América As we discover new ways of being in light of the remarkable life-altering changes that have confronted us this past year, how do we put words to what has happened? This poem-in-the -making seeks to do just that and we invite you to help us compose it. Our project called, A Poem Across America, was conceived by a small group of friends who shared many a Sunday afternoon together weathering the ‘Covid Storm’. Our reading, writing & exploring poetry provided immeasurable comfort for us as we struggled with personal, family, community and global challenges while also attempting to answer questions and define ideas regarding this time in our lives. Immersing ourselves in “the wilderness of poetry” has helped us find words to respond to the darkness and the light of 2020-2021. Some questions for example; Who did you help & who helped you? How did your rela

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True

I see less in-person friends & those I work with. I appreciate the communication technology but miss direct contact & touch yet there are connections happening around the world and apart—both are happening & true - Mark

Winter Sorrow

in winter sorrow no can touch your beautiful face Lauren

Ovid

How has Ovid changed my life? Actually I’ve never read him but I heard he was a great philosopher - Suzanne Lupien

A Tender Heart

We are experiencing a life we never knew existed Carry on, live with all its uncertainty Go deeply quiet and feel the fragility with a tender heart Andy Vershire, VT

Fields of Gray Cement

Fields of gray cement mottled with patches of green. Restricted in the straitjacket of infrastructural schemes.

Whirling Particles

Whirling particles swim in space investigate our bodies decide to stay or not - Diane Moser-Washington State