Acknowledgments Foreword, Ross Gay The Necessity of Joy, James Crews Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Hope Ted Kooser, Dandelion Barbara Crooker, Promise Amanda Gorman, At the Age of 18 - Ode to Girls of Color Dorianne Laux, In Any Event Laura Grace Weldon, Astral Chorus Garret Keizer, My Daughter''s SInging David Romtvedt, Surprise Breakfast Ron Wallace, The Facts of Life Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Fifteen Years Later, I See How It Went Kathryn Hunt, The Newborns Christen Pagett, Shells Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Bus Stop January Gill O''Neil, Hoodie Terri Kirby Erickson, Angel Todd Davis, Thankful for Now Reflective Pause: The Joy of Presence Barbara Crooker, Autism Poem: The Grid Diana Whitney, Kindergarten Studies the Human Heart Gail Newman, Valentine''s Day Abigail Carroll, In Gratitude Michelle Wiegers, Held Open David Graham, Listening for Your Name Heather Swan, Another Day Filled with Sleeves of Light Annie Lighthart, A Cure against Poisonous Thought Mary McCue, Forgiveness Heather Lanier, Two Weeks after a Silent Retreat Reflective Pause: The Kingdom at Hand Jane Hirshfield, Today, When I Could Do Nothing Laura Ann Reed, Red Thyme Laura Foley, The Once Invisible Garden James Crews, Down to Earth Freya Manfred, Old Friends Brad Peacock, Let It Rain Molly Fisk, Against Panic Naomi Shihab Nye, Over the Weather Paula Gordon Lepp, Notions Ellen Bass, Any Common Desolation Reflective Pause: Returning to the World Mark Nepo, Language, Prayer, and Grace Jane Hirshfield, The Fish Patricia Fargnoli, Reincarnate Linda Hogan, Innocence Farnaz Fatemi, Everything Is Made of Labor Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Apple Blossoms Nancy Miller Gomez, Growing Apples Danusha Lameris, Aspen Margaret Hasse, With Trees Kim Stafford, Shelter in Place Heather Newman, Missing Key Michael Kiesow Moore, Climbing the Golden Mountain Laura Foley, To See It Jacqueline Jules, Unclouded Vision Danusha Lameris, Improvement Reflective Pause: Grateful for Small Victories Jack Ridl, After Spending the Morning Baking Bread Wally Swist, Radiance Kristen Case, Morning Ross Gay, Wedding Poem Jehanne Dubrow, Pledge Angela Narciso Torres, Amores Perros Noah Davis, Mending Penny Harter, In the Dark Nathan Spoon, A Candle in the Night Francine Marie Tolf, Praise of Darkness Judith Chalmer, An Essay on Age Ted Kooser, Easter Morning Andrea Potos, The Cardinal Reminds Me Marjorie Saiser, When Life Seems a To-Do List Lahab Assef Al-Jundi, Moon Crystal S. Gibbins, Because the Night You Asked Rob Hunter, September Swim Joyce Sutphen, What to Do William Stafford, Any Morning Reflective Pause: Pieces of Heaven Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, How It Might Continue Li-Young Lee, From Blossoms Jessica Gigot, Motherhood Sarah Freligh, Wondrous Cathryn Essinger, Summer Apples Lynne Knight, Third Year of My Mother''s Dementia Heather Swan, Rabbit Dale Biron, Laughter January Gill O''Neil, In the Company of Women Alice Wolf Gilborn, Leaning to the Light Andrea Potos, I Watched an Angel in the Emergency Room Alberto Rios, When Giving Is All We Have Albert Garcia, Offering Alison Luterman, Too Many to Count Marjorie Saiser, If I Carry My Father George Bilgere, Weather Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Work Reflective Pause: The Joy of Making Danusha Lameris, Goldfinches Connie Wanek, The Lesser Goldfinch Tony Hoagland, The Word Barbara Crooker, Tomorrow Cynthia White, Quail Hollow Laura Grace Weldon, Compost Happens Joan Mazza, Part of the Landscape Andrea Potos, Essential Gratitude Reflective Pause: The Gratitude List Laura Foley, Gratitude List Katherine Williams, The Dog Body of My Soul Katie Rubenstein, Scratch, Sniff Mary Elder Jacobsen, Summer Cottage Jane Kenyon, Coming Home at Twilight in Late Summer Grace Bauer, Perceptive Prayer Patricia Fontaine, Sap Icicles Lucille Clifton, the lesson of the falling leaves Ted Kooser, A Dervish of Leaves James Crews, Winter Morning Tracy K. Smith, The Good Life Marjorie Saiser, Thanksgiving for Two Reflective Pause: The Feast of Each Moment Jeffrey Harrison, Nest Ellen Bass, Getting into Bed on a December Night Lisa Coffman, Everybody Made Soups James Crews, Darkest before Dawn Brad Peacock, Rosary Julie Murphy, To Ask Tess Taylor, There Doesn''t Need to Be a Poem Amy Dryansky, Wingspan Joy Harjo, Eagle Poem Terri Kirby Erickson, What Matters Mark Nepo, In Love with the World Reading Group Questions and Topics for Discussion Poet Biographies Credits.