Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected, Significance Of Place, Structure Of Belonging “Adobe” Home is humanity and earth at work together. It is the smallest unit of community, and mirrors the work of the Creator and the practice of the collective. Colorado poet…
Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected, Significance Of Place, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation Don’t Sleep At All Gentrification is a mournful phenomenon. It is the ripping a part of community, the burial of history, and the erasure of stories. Reporter Josh Shaffer shares about a reunion of…
Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected “May we raise children who love the unloved things” When writer and friend of Common Good, adrienne marie brown, shared educator Nicolette Sowder's poem on social media, we knew that the this spark would ignite the imaginations of our…
Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected “Joy is the Justice We Give Ourselves” Liberation and justice for all includes for ourselves. It includes experiencing pleasure, belonging, peace, and joy. Poet and professor at Clemson University, J. Drew Lanham, paints a beautiful landscape of…
Poetry for Building Community, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected, Significance Of Place “There Are Birds Here” This poem by Jaamal May creates a fascinating unease in the body as it allows two visions of a city to collide together into one intense poem. It's an opportunity…
