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Hermit Crab Essay 003: Directions for Metaphor

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Join Callie Feyen as she seeks directions for metaphor, accompanied by her high school daughter and the high school parking lot.

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Poets and Poems: Luci Shaw and “The Generosity”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

“The Generosity” by Luci Shaw invites us to consider the eternal in nature, in the life around us, and in our own families.

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Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 03—Benedictus

By Laurie Klein 8 Comments

Under the Canopy snowy trees

In her latest Under the Canopy episode, Laurie Klein reflects on the way trees remind us of eternity and mortality, with poetry from Paul Willis and Luci Shaw.

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TSP #1: Luci Shaw Talks Friendship, Freedom, and Love in a Golden Box

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Writer Friends: Luci, Madeleine, and a Lean Leather Jacket

By Laura Lynn Brown 25 Comments

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Eating and Drinking Poems: Storytelling and Luci Shaw’s “Eating the Whole Egg”

By Laura Lynn Brown 14 Comments

Luci Shaw Eating the Whole Egg two eggson dark tabletop

Any family story has multiple versions: what I remember, what you remember, what really happened. Laura Brown reflects on truth, fact, and the whole egg.

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Top 10 Best Mirror Poems

By Will Willingham 9 Comments

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Poems make wonderful mirrors, excellent tools for self-reflection. We’ve gathered up a collection of 10 great mirror poems.

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Poets and Poems: Luci Shaw and “Scape”

By Glynn Young 14 Comments

Poets and Poems Luci Shaw "Scape"

Written with a perceptive and understanding eye, the poetry collection “Scape” by Luci Shaw is about the beauty of creation and the creative act.

Filed Under: Nature Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Spiritual Poems

The Cinnamon Beetle 6

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

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Six poems and 16 fragments – the last of our poems developed from the recent Twitter poetry party.

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The Cinnamon Beetle 5

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Below are five poems and five fragments pulled from our recent Twitter poetry party.

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The Cinnamon Beetle 4

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Our recent Twitter poetry party swirled around oceans and ashes, a drive down side roads, the telephone and how something as mundane as burning the toast becomes something else again.

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The Cinnamon Beetle 3

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

We now have an additional seven poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.

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The Cinnamon Beetle 2

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Below are an additional five poems from our recent Twitter poetry party.

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The Cinnamon Beetle

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Somehow, Legos, cinnamon beetles, tattoos and open windows became the focus of the early part of our Twitter poetry party.

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National Poetry Month: Luci Shaw

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Luci Shaw is a poet, essayist, retreat leader and teacher. She’s published eight books of poetry, and her poems have appeared in publications ranging from Books & Culture and The Christian Century to The Southern Review. She is currently Writer in Residence for Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. Shaw was born in England in […]

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