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"My Help is in the Mountain" by Nancy Wood

Favorite Line: "and the stream is running through me"

Why I like this poem: I can't say if this is my top favorite favorite poem, but it is a poem I have returned to again and again for twenty years when I am seeking solace, and it is what first came to mind when you made the invitation to share.

~Sarah Grace Tuttle

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"The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver

Favorite Line: "I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention..."

Why I like this poem: Because you asked me to choose my favorite, I wanted to share this poem about our one wild and precious life. Tomorrow another one may pop up to the top.

~Denise Krebs

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Favorite line: “I dwell in possibility.” by Emily Dickinson

Why I like this: It's uplifting and gives us reason to hope!

~Michelle Kogan

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Fog by Carl Sandburg

Favorite Line: The fog comes/ on little cat feet

Why I like this poem: Sandburg's use of metaphor in such a short poem

~ Janice Scully

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Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye

Favorite Line: Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things

Why I like this poem: I have experienced loss and realize what Naomi was saying. Loss helps us see others in a kinder way. We are forever changed by it.

~ Margaret Simon

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Blossoms by Li-Young Lee

Favorite Line: O, to take what we love inside,/ to carry within us an orchard, to eat/ not only the skin, but the shade

Why I like this poem: Top to bottom, this poem is JOY! And it's a reminder that life isn't all sweet, but each moment brings something to celebrate —if only we pay attention and practice an attitude of gratitude.

~Irene Latham

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Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too by James W. Hall

Favorite Line: "All my pwoblems who knows, maybe evwybody’s pwoblems"

Why I like this poem: It was wonderful introducing this poem to my students - (middle grade, some 6th, mostly 7th & 8th) to catch them thinking that poetry can be not what they think, but different and exciting, and about themselves in a different way. This poem wowed them every time!

~Linda Baie

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Patient Trust by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Favorite Line: ..as though you can be today what time... will make of you tomorrow

Why I like this poem: it reminds me that I'm not finished yet

~ Patricia J. Franz

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Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye

Favorite Line: “Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.”

Why I like this poem: Any Naomi poem leads to kindness and our humanity, This one expounds on the poem, Kindness.

~ Jone Rush MacCulloch