Sample Poems by James Crews including Self-Compassion, Winter Morning, Self-Care, and World Prayer Day.

Aug 2, 2024 · As Naomi Shihab Nye has said of the act of writing: “The poem is your life.” What we practice or create is not separate from how we spend our time or how we hold the simple …

The poet James Crews is the editor of several bestselling anthologies, including The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy, and How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and …

Jan 7, 2022 · I was so honored to see my poem, “Self-Compassion,” featured on the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series, chosen by editor and poet Kimberly Blaeser. Below is the …

Dec 14, 2022 · This is a poem of innocence and experience, among other things. As a young man, Crews snickers when he hears a meditation teacher “call himself honey, with a hand …

Aug 27, 2023 · Kindness Will Save the World by James Crews. James Crews is the author of the essay collection, Kindness Will Save the World, and editor of several bestselling poetry …

Each week I share poems, essays, and writing prompts meant to open the heart and nourish the soul. Click to read Poetry Is Life, by James Crews, a Substack publication with hundreds of …

Aug 11, 2021 · Small, Good Things Tonight, the fireflies blinking on and off as light leaves the sky are the synapses of my skin firing as a breeze blows across me. I sit on the porch steps doing …

Nov 17, 2021 · About this Poem “I wrote ‘Self-Compassion’ the summer after the pandemic first began when I felt so worried for the state of our country and planet, when everything in our …

Poem reprinted by permission of James Crews and the publisher. Outside in the creek that feeds the lake and never freezes, an otter slaps the water with his paw to feel the current's pulse— …