Praise all who save us from our small shames, the ones whose hands take our hand and lead us away to makeshift sanctuaries— —James Davis May

Today's poem is "Standing Before the Relic at the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges" by James Davis May from Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry All Subscribers got to hear this poet from their inbox! www.versedaily.org/2025/standin...

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Poem for Sunday: “Here, There are Blueberries” by Mary Szybist.

“…he wanted me to know / that he knew I was there.” —James Davis May, “Tumult and Peace” in UNUSUALLY GRAND IDEAS (LSU Press) 💙 @jamesdavismay.bsky.social

True story (again)!

True story!

How pure would poet pure be exactly?

Making my first post on Seamus Heaney’s birthday, so here’s a Seamus Heaney poem.