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Soft-Boned and Other Poems
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Soft-Boned and Other Poems

Join Rosa Gilbert as she explores truths from birds, trees, and freshly-brewed coffee in โ€œSoft-boned,โ€ โ€œWonders of Old,โ€ and โ€œNew Mercies.โ€

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Finding Home
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Finding Home

Alexa Johansen seeks home and finds the way back to herself in โ€œFinding Home.โ€

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Grace Monsoon and Other Poems
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Grace Monsoon and Other Poems

Meghan Cole issues a challenge to each of us to slow down and experience the world around us in her poems โ€œGrace Monsoon,โ€ โ€œBeautiful,โ€ and โ€œBestowed.โ€

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Fall
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Fall

Join Deanna Mims as she sits under a tree through day and night in โ€œFall.โ€

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His Voice
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His Voice

Geraldine Craw leads us on a journey of spiritual discovery as experienced on a hike through the mountains in her poem โ€œHis Voice.โ€

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If I
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If I

In her poem โ€œIf I,โ€ Taylor Blayse digs deeper into the beauty of quiet things.

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Wildflowers
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Wildflowers

Join Matthew Nash as he follows the wildflowers wherever they will take him in his poem โ€œWildflowers.โ€

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Lineage
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Lineage

In her poem โ€œLineage,โ€ Jaime Schaffer sighs relief among the oak leaves, reminding us that redemption is coming.

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September
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September

James Jewell articulates what many of us have experienced when trying to describe the beauty of the world around us in his poem โ€œSeptember.โ€

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Not Just a Waterfall
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Not Just a Waterfall

In her poem โ€œNot Just a Waterfall,โ€  Janice M. Gibson shares the majestic beauty she encountered, awakening her soul.

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The Winding Woods
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The Winding Woods

In her poem โ€œThe Winding Woods,โ€  Amorina Galindo depicts the goodness of Godโ€™s peace and delight.

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