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Issue 25: 22 Sept. 2024
Poem: 45 words
By Gary S. Rosin

Every Morning

—After the poem by Mary Oliver*
 
Even Mary Oliver 
read the morning newspaper 

before she and her dog went 
to soothe their souls in the woods, 

emerged believing once more 
in all the things that gave her 

hope in a world of missiles. 

 

 

*Mary Oliver’s “Every Morning” first appeared in Poetry Magazine (March 1986) and is archived online at The Poetry Foundation (link retrieved on 11 September 2024):
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=36384

 

Bio: Gary S. Rosin

 
 
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