Politics Aside

Can we agree to disagree?

Oct 18 • 

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Mother Tree

I am old Far older than I look I have watched generations Pass beneath my branches I have grown deep and strong Drawing food from within the earth…

Oct 15 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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I Love the Life You're Living

I don’t want to live a life that people watch. I want to live a life that people participate in.

Oct 11 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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Resilience

In fields razed flat Saplings don’t stand a chance Except you You managed to sprout In that old brick silo In a wreck deemed unusable You found shelter…

Oct 8 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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Chalk Dust and Energy

Our energy is a precious commodity, and it should be protected.

Oct 4 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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August 2025

A Bit Late

If there’s something you’ve thought, gee I’ve always wanted to try that, go for it.

Aug 30 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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I Don't Fit the Box

The only way we make it through is by embracing our own diversity and embracing the diversity of each other.

Aug 16 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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Go Ahead, Underestimate Me

Our lives were meant to be lived with all of our being. Not in spite of our bodies.

Aug 10 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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July 2025

For Andrea Gibson

You said, “I decided I was too soft to last, But then I decided to be softer” Teaching me a broken heart is a strength Not a liability Because poems…

Jul 26 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

On Floods and Overcoming

Existing in this world and caring about your neighbor has always been complicated. It has always meant living in the tension between joy and pain.

Jul 5 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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June 2025

Tiny Flowers

The world is burning And drowning Tornado sirens screaming Warning us of far more Than the imminent threat Yet in between I see my friends Decorating a…

Jun 3 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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April 2025

What If

What if the world is dying?

Apr 14 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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