Today’s poem, “The Visible and In-” by Marge Piercy, recently appeared on the The Writer’s Almanac. Find the text and the audio recording here.

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Life  by Charlotte Brontë Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, But these are transient all; If the shower will make the roses bloom, O why lament its fall? Rapidly, merrily, Life’s sunny hours flit by, […]

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I don’t mean to keep choosing spring- or nature-related poems this week but I find myself alert to both this time of year. More than usual. I think it’s the anticipation. Every time I’m outdoors I look for proof that winter is really over. Today I stood underneath a magnolia tree with frost-bitten blossoms while […]

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