by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
Getting There by David Wagoner You take a final step and, look, suddenly You’re there. You’ve arrived At the one place all your drudgery was aimed for: This common ground Where you stretch out, pressing your cheek to sandstone. What did you want To be? You’ll remember...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean– the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
And for No Reason by Hafiz And For no reason I start skipping like a child. And For no reason I turn into a leaf That is carried so high I kiss the Sun’s mouth And dissolve And For no reason A thousand birds Choose my head for a conference table. Start passing...
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
The Sun Never Says by Hafiz Even After All This time The Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Imagine a Love Like that. It lights the Whole Sky.
by Sherri Koehler | Jul 1, 2016 | Poetry
The Seed Market by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose you can buy hundreds of rose gardens? Where, for one seed get a whole wilderness? For one weak breath, a divine wind? You’ve been fearful of being...
