Poem of the Month: When Despair for the World Grows — Finding Comfort in Wendell Berry’s “The Peace of Wild Things”
Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer wrote lyrical poems, novels and essays — mostly in pencil and without electric light — that explored his elegiac visions of the life and death …
Poem of the Month: Tear Off a Piece With Your Bare Hands – Matt Moberg’s Evocative All’ve It
Matt Moberg, a self-taught artist based in Minneapolis, with his painting “Thank You.” Credit: Matt Moberg By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr This week we’re featuring the poem All’ve It …
Poem of the Month: AAPI Climate Activist and Poet Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner’s The Butterfly Thief
Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner calling on us to protect her beloved but threatened Marshall Islands. Credit: Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner By Alliance President Terry Gips You’ve heard the desperate pleas by Asian Pacific Island …
Poem of the Month: Stop Complaining, Start Empathizing — Rudy Francisco’s Spoken Word Poetry for a Wounded World
Rudy Francisco’s goal is to continue to assist others in harnessing their creativity while cultivating his own. Rudy is the 2009 National Underground Poetry Slam Champion and 2010 Individual World …
Overcoming the Uncivil Wars, Part 8: Common Ground for Possibility in the New Year — Three Musical, Clergy and Poetic Messages of Hope
Amanda Gorman, the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate, after just having performed her poem ‘New Day’s Lyric’. Credit: S. Cole Kiburz By Alliance President Terry Gips …
