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April 2, 12:30 to 2 p.m., online. Join prominent poets from across the state for a free public event in celebration of National Poetry Month. “Poetry and Civic Life” is a reading and conversation event that will feature Rena Priest, current Washington State Poet Laureate; Tod Marshall, Spokane poet and …

By Kimberly Burnham Poetry can help us reflect on and integrate our emotional lives. A recent study in Nursing Education Today noted, “Poetry writing helps students to develop writing craft and reflective skills. It encourages students to articulate often complex emotions associated with their professional worlds, thereby providing invaluable insights …

May my faith be as courageous and fierce as the lion May my insight and wisdom be as piercing and discerning as the eagle

Do I perceive the touch of God in every leaf and petal, Each bird’s song and every crawling creature?

In Linda Whittenberg’s newest book, she invites us to consider the stuff our lives are made from, stones gathered to build the home in which we will live our truest life. Be prepared to have your heart touched, your mind challenged, by words carefully crafted to do just that. Tracy …

By the time we are wise enough to be mothers Our bones are too old to bare them Our children long gone to hold.