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Lisel Mueller: Necessities

A map of the world. Not the one in the atlas,
but the one in our heads, the one we keep coloring in.
With the blue thread of the river by which we grew up.
The green smear of the woods we first made love in.

December 12, 2025 · 13 Comments

Michael T. Young: The Need to Believe | The Poetry of Lisel Mueller

This is the power we need in a post-truth world, where political forces claim the right to manipulate our perceptions through distortions of language.

March 5, 2025 · 29 Comments

Lisel Mueller: Alive Together

Speaking of marvels, I am alive
together with you, when I might have been
alive with anyone under the sun

April 16, 2021 · Leave a comment

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