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    2 Poems | Mindful Poetry Moments

    2 Poems | Mindful Poetry Moments

    Mindful Poetry Moments 5th-Anniversary Edition (2024) | The Well

    In April 2024, poets and poetry lovers from around the world celebrated National Poetry Month with Mindful Poetry Moments, a program of The Well since 2019. Over four weeks we gathered virtually to listen, contemplate and respond to four selections, curated by translator, vocalist, and poet Haleh Liza Gafori with...

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    Mindful Poetry Moments 5th-Anniversary Edition (2024) | The Well

    Excerpt of *A song of liberation is a song of forgiveness *

    "today I reveal a cave sized part of me
    enter: here
    													     		the mouth is a cave
    													     		the heart is a cave
    													    		the belly is a cave
    
    																																stop: there."

    Excerpt of *I want to give my friends so many things*

    "To have enough they want less
    to never be reduced to being a someone's someone
    for no one to hold the strings or wear pants in their household
    for even temporary houses to feel like home:
    warm lights, bread smells, space to sit, and sing,
    and sink when they need to."

    Photo Credits: Shivani Gupta (me)