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

• to the new year, w. s. merwin. ⟡
• song of the open road, walt whitman. ⟡
• colors passing through us, marge piercy. ⟡
• the kitchen indexed, ira goga. ⟡
• how to be a poet, wendell berry. ⟡

— ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ 𝑓𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦

• next time, mary oliver. ⟡
• the silence of plants, wislawa szymborska. ⟡
• i need a poem, kyla jamieson. ⟡
• think of others, mahmoud darwish. ⟡
• the house was quiet and the world was calm, wallace stevens. ⟡

— ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ

• my work is loving the world, mary oliver. ⟡
• the weighting, jane hirshfield. ⟡
• mother picking produce, richard blanco. ⟡
• entreaty, catherine pierce. ⟡
• elegy for myself, will cordeiro. ⟡

— ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ 𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙

• the rock that is not a rabbit, corey marks. ⟡
• the monets in the garden at argenteuil, ashley sojin kim. ⟡
• kampa's guide to flowers, stephen kampa. ⟡
• probably it will be summer again, catherine pierce. ⟡
• the meaning of birds, charlie smith. ⟡