Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
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Poem: Small Kindnesses (Published 2019)
How do I keep going?
Do as Mister Rogers says and look for the helpers: organizers, the kind cashier at Trader Joe’s who seems to genuinely mean it when they ask “how are you?”, teachers, your therapist, dear friends, the garbage truck driver who, without fail, will honk extra when he notices your daughter watching him with total glee as he collects... See more
Do as Mister Rogers says and look for the helpers: organizers, the kind cashier at Trader Joe’s who seems to genuinely mean it when they ask “how are you?”, teachers, your therapist, dear friends, the garbage truck driver who, without fail, will honk extra when he notices your daughter watching him with total glee as he collects... See more
There You Are
There you are
this cold day
boiling the water on the stove
pouring the herbs into the pot
hawthorn, rose;
buying the tulips
& looking at them, holding
your heart in your hands at the table
saying please, please to nobody else
here in the kitchen with you.
How hard, how heavy this all is.
How beautiful, these things you
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