Let everything into you: beauty and terror.–Rainer Maria Wilke
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Five More Minutes With Spends Five Minutes with “God Speaks”
Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on December 2, 2013
Poem: Five More Minutes With Spends Five Minutes With “Tree”
Written by Poet Jane Hirshfield on August 12, 2013
Excerpt from Tree poem: It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house.
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Five More Minutes With Poet Mary Oliver
Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on May 13, 2013
Five More Minutes With Poet Mary Oliver: “Why I Wake Early”
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Inspiring Poem: The Guest House
Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on October 15, 2012
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.
Five More Minutes With Poem: Love After Love
Written by Derek Walcott on September 13, 2012
Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart.
Five More Minutes With Poem: Messenger
Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on August 23, 2012
Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.
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Poem to Ponder: Fresh
Written by Naomi Shihab Nye on July 5, 2012
“Fresh” is an inspiring poem written by Naomi Shihab Nye.
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Robert Bly Poem: Things to Think
Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on June 28, 2012
When someone knocks on the door, think that he’s about to give you something large. . .
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Memory of Dad Poem: My Daddy–You Endeared Yourself to Me
Written by Betty Kreisel Shubert on June 15, 2012
My memories are YOUR TREASURY, better than money in the bank. For this life-time annuity, my Daddy, I must thank.
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Anne Sexton Poem: Welcome Morning
Written by Anne Sexton, Poet on April 30, 2012
Our latest poem is by Anne Sexton: Welcome Morning. . .The Joy that isn’t shared, I’ve heard, dies young.
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