Selected Poems

Selected Poems

From his last "Sonnet to Orpheus," Joanna Macy tells us that Rilke has chosen to be with the darkness rather than hide from it. And she shares how she finds resonance with our relationship to our planet.

Read or listen to Adnan Onart's poem featured in this program, and enjoy three more — including "Morning Prayer," which he submitted for his essay.

by John Paul Lederach

A poem by John Paul Lederach about his wife and her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

by John Paul Lederach

by Wendell Berry
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