Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation “Backwards” One in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to…
Poetry for Building Community, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation “There Is No Table Long Enough” This poem moves from distance and fear to closeness and courage. In this time of threat and violent conflict, these…
Leaving Egypt and Pharaoh, Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging Two Poems by Crystal Wilkinson Crystal Wilkinson is Kentucky’s Poet Laureate. The following poems are from her most recent publication entitled Perfect Black, a memoir…
Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation “What a Good Woman Does” Joy Williams has several solo albums and was also part of the Grammy winning duo The Civil Wars. Her music…
Invitation, Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Structure Of Belonging “Don’t Give Up” There are times, like I feel today, when we don't want to keep fighting. We place down our pen, our…
