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Allow
Poem Leanna Immel Poem Leanna Immel

Allow

by Donna Faulds

There is no controlling life.
Try corralling a lightning bolt,
containing a tornado.

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I Thank You God For Most This Amazing
Poem Leanna Immel Poem Leanna Immel

I Thank You God For Most This Amazing

by E.E. Cummings

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

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Feeling Fucked Up
Poem Leanna Immel Poem Leanna Immel

Feeling Fucked Up

by Etheridge Knight

Lord she's gone done left me done packed / up and split /
and I with no way to make her come back and everywhere the world is bare bright bone white crystal sand glistens

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Remember
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Remember

by Joy Harjo

Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star's stories.

Remember the moon, know who she is.

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A Prayer
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A Prayer

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Refuse to fall down.

If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down.

If you cannot refuse to stay down, 

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When Things Fall Apart
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When Things Fall Apart

by Pema Chodron

“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.”

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The Wild Edge of Sorrow
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The Wild Edge of Sorrow

by Francis Weller

“There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what seems unbearable and what is most exquisitely alive. Through this, I have come to have a lasting faith in grief.”

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The Peace of Wild Things
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The Peace of Wild Things

by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

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