A Community of the Spirit Rumi
Ancient Language Hannah Stephenson
Sifter Naomi Shihab Nye
The Way It Is Lynn Ungar
Lie Down Nancy Paddock
The Patience of Ordinary Things Pat Schneider
Bali Hai Calls to Mama Marilyn Nelson
The Second Music Annie Lighthart
Untitled (This is what was bequeathed us) Gregory Orr
A Little Stone in the Middle of the Road, in Florida Muriel Rukeyser
Meditation on a Grapefruit Craig Arnold
The Cure for It All Julia Fehrenbacher
The Word Tony Hoagland
Sunday Afternoon Nancy Ann Schaefer
When I Am Among the Trees Mary Oliver
Praise Song Barbara Crooker
Lessons from Darkness Anita Barrows
Thinking Danusha Laméris
The Quiet Listeners Laura Foley
Lost David Wagoner
Blackbirds Julie Cadwallader Staub
We Are of a Tribe Alberto Ríos
Untitled (The Guest is inside you) Kabir
Take Love for Granted Jack Ridl
Love After Love Derek Walcott
A Sacrament Paulann Petersen
This Morning David Budbill
In the Middle Barbara Crooker
Brotherhood Octavio Paz
Under Ideal Conditions Al Zolynas
Prayer for the Dead Stuart Kestenbaum
a song with no end Charles Bukowski
Longing Julie Cadwallader Staub
Afterwards William Stafford
Still Life at Dusk Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Getting Up Early Anne Porter
Testimony Rebecca Baggett
A Gift Denise Levertov
What’s in the Temple? Tom Barrett
Lakol Wicoun Lydia Whirlwind Soldier
Visiting Mountains Ted Kooser
A Brief Détente Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Love for Other Things Tom Hennen
The Offering Laura Foley
The Bare Arms of Trees John Tagliabue
Still A. R. Ammons
The Owl Cries at Night Freya Manfred
Fluent John O’Donohue
Midlife Julie Cadwallader Staub
This Day Jimmy Santiago Baca
Versions of Ghalib: Ghazal I Ghalib
A Momentary Creed W. S. Merwin
Because even the word obstacle is an obstacle Alison Luterman
Mind Wanting More Holly J. Hughes
Instructions Sheri Hostetler
Stone Danusha Laméris
The Mosquito Among the Raindrops Teddy Macker
One Heart Li-Young Lee
Winter Poem Nikki Giovanni
Camas Lilies Lynn Ungar
Saint Francis and the Sow Galway Kinnell
Evening Star Charles Goodrich
Miracle Fair Wislawa Szymborska
Feather at Midday Sister Dang Nghiem
Postscript Seamus Heaney
The Muse Is a Little Girl Marjorie Saiser
How to Be a Poet Wendell Berry
Keeping quiet Pablo Neruda
On the Necessity of Snow Angels for the Well-Being of the World Grace Butcher
When I Taught Her How to Tie Her Shoes Penny Harter
I Am Going to Start Living Like a Mystic Edward Hirsch
The Uncertainty Principle Kathleen Norris
Now is the Time Hafiz
The Place Where We Are Right Yehuda Amichai
Earthworms Lynn Ungar
A Poem for My Daughter Teddy Macker
Gracias / Grace Rafael Jesús González
Late Fragment Raymond Carver
Minobimaadizi Kimberly Blaeser
Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain Li Po
You Are There Erica Jong
Learning from Trees Grace Butcher
Savasana: Corpse Pose Marianne Murphy Zarzana
Surprised by Evening Robert Bly
Rain on Water Freya Manfred
Trough Judy Sorum Brown
One’s Ship Comes In Joe Paddock
Then too there is this J. Allyn Rosser
Ich liebe meines Wesens Dunkelstunden (I love the dark hours of my being) Rainer Maria Rilke
Burning the Journals Robyn Sarah
Flowering Linda Buckmaster
The Moment Margaret Atwood
Wakarusa Medicine Wheel Denise Low
Rankin Ridge Linda M. Hasselstrom
Listening Deeply Dick Allen
Soundings Joyce Sutphen
the door Miroslav Holub
Meeting the Light Completely Jane Hirshfield
Rutabaga Laura Grace Weldon
Think of Others Mahmoud Darwish
Twilight Louise Glück
Instructions for the Journey Pat Schneider
Plate Al Zolynas
I Will Keep Broken Things Alice Walker
The Way It Is Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
The Bright Field R. S. Thomas
The Good News Thich Nhat Hanh
Sweet Darkness David Whyte
For the Sake of Strangers Dorianne Laux
The Thing Is Ellen Bass
The Cure Albert Huffstickler
Consider the Space Between Stars Linda Pastan
Winter Grace Patricia Fargnoli
Solstice Robyn Sarah
My Father at the Piano Mary O’Connor
Parallel the Care the Dancer Takes Hafiz
Another Ocean Ruby R. Wilson
Entrance Rainer Maria Rilke
Saying Our Names Marianne Murphy Zarzana
Walking a Field into Evening Larry Smith
Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself, Barbara Crooker
Blue Herons Twyla M. Hansen
No Fishing David Allan Evans
Wooden Boats Judy Sorum Brown
Putting in a Window John Brantingham
Moon Billy Collins
The Last Things I’ll Remember Joyce Sutphen
When I Am Wise Mary Gray
Trees Howard Nemerov
Moth Koan Richard Schiffman
At the Teahouse, 6am Holly J. Hughes
In Plowboy’s Produce Market Donna Hilbert
The Moment Marie Howe
Fog Twyla M. Hansen
No More Same Old Silly Love Songs Neil Carpathios
An Observation May Sarton
Wage Peace Judyth Hill
What Else Carolyn Locke
On Pain Kahlil Gibran
The Joins Chana Bloch
Companion for Life Hafiz
Bedside Manners Christopher Wiseman
To have without holding Marge Piercy
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet Joy Harjo
Mimesis Fady Joudah
There was a time I would reject those Muhyiddin Ibn Al-‘Arabi
Journey Linda Hogan
On Pilgrimage Czeslaw Milosz
In Early Evening Kirsten Dierking
Seas Juan Ramón Jiménez
blessing the boats Lucille Clifton
Smart Cookie Richard Schiffman

Notes on the Poems
About the Poets
Index of Authors and Titles
Permissions
About the Editors
Acknowledgments

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