Missives of Hope

Category: Poetry

  • We Keep Us Safe – June 13, 2021

    We Keep Us Safe – June 13, 2021

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    J Packer Samms
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    It feels like we are collectively stumbling out of the pandemic, learning to navigate the old world in new ways, with new brains, new habits. Walking the banks of Whatcom Creek, where the creek empties into the marshes and then on into the bay, I was entranced by the geese and ducks with their respective…

  • Grow

    Grow

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    by

    J Packer Samms
    in

    Today,I am reflective,On how we make assumptions,About others.How easy it is,To hate,From a distance.How hard it is,To hate,Up close.How do we nurture compassion,In such a broken world?It seems like the ground is too dry,Cracked,Infertile.Nothing grows in these conditions.How do we learn,To hold each other gently?Careful,Not to bend,Or break,The tender new growth.Is there a way,To compost,All…