a thousand flowers books

01/20/2025

Love is an action. We are part of the wind.
A poem by

01/16/2025

Gathered/Wilted by Niki Dreistadt a poem from our anthology, When Flowers Sing.

01/13/2025

We are heartbroken over the detestation for the Los Angeles wildfire. Flowers can offer solace and nourishment during troubling times. Lotus by from our book When Flowers Sing: A Poetry Anthology

01/12/2025

As wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming world, the smoke from these fires is emerging as a new and deadly pollution source, experts say. By some estimates, wildfire smoke — which contains a mixture of hazardous air pollutants — already causes as many as 675,000 premature deaths a year worldwide.
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12/24/2024

12/23/2024

You who let yourselves feel: enter the breathing
that is more than your own.
Let it brush your cheeks
as it divides and rejoins behind you.

Blessed ones, whole ones,
you where the heart begins:
You are the bow that shoots the arrows
and you are the target.

Fear not the pain. Let its weight fall back
into the earth;
for heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas.

The trees you planted in childhood have grown
too heavy. You cannot bring them along.
Give yourselves to the air, to what you cannot hold.

Translation by Joanna Macy

O ihr Zärtlichen, tretet zuweilen
in dem Atem, der euch nicht meint,
laß ihn an eueren Wangen sich teilen,
hinter euch zittert er, wieder vereint.

O ihr Seiligen, o ihr Heilen,
die ihr der Anfang der Herzen scheint.
Bogen der Pfeile und Ziele von Pfeilen,
ewiger glänzt euer Lächeln verweint.

Fürchtet euch nicht zu leiden, die Schwere,
gebt sie zurück an der Erde Gewicht;
schwer sind die Berge, schwer sind die Meere.

Selbst die als Kinder ihr pflanztet, die Bäume,
wurden zu schwer längst; ihr trüget sie nicht.
Aber die Lüfte … aber die Räume …

12/23/2024

12/21/2024

Happy Holidays from

12/17/2024

Give the gift of poetry this holiday season.

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Get your orders placed by December 17th to ensure holiday delivery.

12/11/2024

WHEN FLOWERS SING: A Poetry Anthology makes a great gift for the poetry or nature lover on your list.

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12/02/2024

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11/30/2024

So joyful to see our book in stores! Thank you . WHEN FLOWERS SING makes a great gift for the poetry and nature lovers in your life. Please consider supporting local this holiday season.

11/06/2024

Together, we can end childhood hunger in America.

11/04/2024

10/31/2024

10/28/2024

10/25/2024

An onion recall related to a deadly E. coli outbreak centered around McDonald’s Quarter Pounder has prompted Taco Bell, KFC and more to remove raw onions from their menu offerings. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4fd1ZuI

10/25/2024

More than 80 American Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, medicine and economics have signed an open letter endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.