Today, we’re happy to share a collection of classic and contemporary February poems !
The year’s shortest month is certainly packed full of observances and celebrations–from Black History Month to Valentine’s Day to the beginning of Lent. Depending on where you live, you are likely still deep in the throes of winter as well. We hope these February poems can be gentle and thought-provoking companions as you make your way through this brief month.
Featuring poems by Emily Dickinson, Pauli Murray, William Carlos Williams, and more!
Blessing the Dust
For Ash Wednesday
Jan Richardson
SNIPPET:
All those days
you felt like dust,
like dirt,
as if all you had to do
was turn your face
toward the wind
and be scattered
to the four corners
…
Click here to read the full poem
and see original art to accompany it.
This poem also appears in the collection Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons by Jan Richardson. Buy a copy here.
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