i believe that poetry is the most beautiful form of human creativity. every month i select my five favourites of the poems that i’ve read. they are often about hope and wonderment, the beauty of nature, and love for the world.
— january
- this new year's morning, jane hirshfield ⟡
- little stones at my window, mario benedetti ⟡
- imaginary conversation, linda pastan ⟡
- gaining my self back, julia alvarez ⟡
- to begin with the sweet grass, mary oliver ⟡
— february
- in time of daffodils, e.e. cummings ⟡
- the sun kept rising, louise glück ⟡
- you never hear the garden grow, lilian moore. ⟡
- let’s live suddenly without thinking, e. e. cummings ⟡
- there will come soft rains, sara teasdale ⟡
— march
- in march the earth remembers, mary oliver ⟡
- bread and wine, friedrich holderlin ⟡
- bee! i'm expecting you, emily dickinson ⟡
- to an unread poet, david lessard ⟡
- if ever there were a day so perfect, billy collins ⟡
— april
- april morning, jonathan wells ⟡
- spring comes quickly; overnight, louise glück ⟡
- they say that plants don't talk, rosario castellanos ⟡
- early morning; my birthday, mary oliver ⟡
- song of a second april, edna st. vincent millay ⟡
— may
- the peace of wild things, wendell berry ⟡
- catbird, mary oliver ⟡
- we manage most when we manage small, linda gregg ⟡
- the continuous life, mark strand ⟡
- bloom is the result to meet a flower, emily dickinson ⟡
— june
- in perpetual spring, amy gerstler ⟡
- this is what was bequeathed us, gregory orr ⟡
- the leaving, brigit pegeen kelly ⟡
- how happy is the little stone, emily dickinson ⟡
- when the green lies over the earth, angelina weld grimké ⟡
— july
- out for a walk, friedrich holderlin ⟡
- on the grasshopper and cricket, john keats ⟡
- there is a gold light in certain old paintings, donald justice ⟡
- two mockingbirds, mary oliver ⟡
- this is my letter to the world, emily dickinson ⟡
— august
- august of another summer, mary oliver ⟡
- small kindnesses, danusha laméris ⟡
- the world has need of you, ellen bass ⟡
- orchids are sprouting from the floorboards, kaveh akbar ⟡
- a bird came down the walk, emily dickinson ⟡
— september
- one september afternoon, leo dangel ⟡
- i know someone, mary oliver ⟡
- chamomile tea, katherine mansfield ⟡
- the patience of ordinary things, pat schneider ⟡
- from blossoms, li-young lee ⟡
— october
- in the wood, sara teasdale ⟡
- daisy time, marjorie pickthall ⟡
- the raspberry room, karin gottshall ⟡
- in defense of our overgrow garden, matthea harvey ⟡
- amor fati, jane hirshfield ⟡
— november
- misty, rosemerry wahtola trommer ⟡
- i ask percy how i should live my life, mary oliver ⟡
- eagle poem, joy harjo ⟡
- november, esther m. clark ⟡
- the beginning of speech, adonis ⟡
— december
- december, ina donna coolbrith ⟡
- oranges, gary soto ⟡
- burning the old year, naomi shihab nye ⟡
- winter morning, james crews ⟡
- the poem waits at its own core, john fox ⟡