Small Griefs by Nicole Borg

This week’s poem, “Small Griefs” by Nicole Borg is heart-wrenching for the loss that is revealed in so few words. The details are vivid and tender. The speaker’s simple actions and stated longings depict grief in a way that is both memorable and visceral.

Read More »

Mother’s Day at the Nursing Home by Laura Hansen

“Mother’s Day at the Nursing Home” by Laura Hansen is a poem featuring a scene of best intentions from the perspective of a daughter. I admire how the imagery that poet uses to describe the simple action of struggling to move her mother in a wheelchair also effectively hints at larger narrative. At the end of the poem, the mother’s words echo in my own ears, expanding their layered meaning.

Read More »

Waterfall by Larry Schug

I came across Waterfall by Larry Schug in the former local St. Cloud newsletter, Unabridged, exactly when I needed to read it. It was October of 2001, following the events of 9/11, and I, like most, felt shattered. Larry Schug’s words helped to put some frame around the possibility of hope for humanity, and helped to shine a light on a potential path forward.

Read More »

Girl Walking Backwards by Patrick Cabello Hansel

Some of us believe that poems most inhabit the gaps between the words on the page. In this poem, Patrick Cabello Hansel sketches images of a family’s grief, leaving canvas for readers to take up the paint of imagination that allows for this girl to be animated in our minds. Doing so, we sense how it might be to inhabit her body, to feel those small pebbles kicking up on one day in her life.

Read More »

Will Of A Prince by Ed Bok Lee

Happy New Year from Sunday Morning Lyricality. Lyricality leadership team member Kelly Travis has chosen “Will Of A Prince” by Ed Bok Lee to wish us a year as beautiful, colorful,

Read More »