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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Dandelion

My root is long Far longer than what you see I am strong Cut me and I’ll grow back Scatter me And I will multiply Can’t you see?

Apr 5 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

February 2025

The Becoming

When I can’t change the government I change myself When the news is bad I create good news for someone When “they” profit off our fear Our disconnection…

Feb 16 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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Has it Never Occured to You

I find bits of a dismembered rabbit Outside the uptight iron fence Promising safety from nature For these people with their frozen swimming pool Living…

Feb 1 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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January 2025

Snow Day

Just for a day...

Jan 11 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN

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December 2024

Frost Flowers and Trash

Part Two | Grounded and Rooted in Love: A Foundation for Whatever Comes | An Advent Study of Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love

Dec 8, 2024 • 

Anna Elisabeth Howard, CJN