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"Poetry is a life-cherishing force.
For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the gold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry." - Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook
Poetry Blog
[and Sundries]


Celeste Boudreaux
Dec 29, 20241 min read
Imperfectionist New Years Resolutions
In this new year, I promise that I will let myself get carried away by my passion projects, to lose all sense of time or . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Dec 10, 20241 min read
Expectant Mary: a Quiet Christmas Reflection
holy seed
sprouts and grows
in silence
in darkness
in secret
new life flutters . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Dec 4, 20242 min read
Internal Family Systems
Curious about how this relates to my upcoming novel? This article explains more, but save it for after you've enjoyed the book.
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Celeste Boudreaux
Nov 13, 20241 min read
When Knocked Off Your Feet
When life’s four-by-four fence post /
blindsides you from behind /
and you find yourself cycling through /
all the stages of grief . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Oct 7, 20241 min read
The Lake in the Rain
In my summer childhood memory / I stand at the edge of the lake / Oblivious to the warm drizzle / A white quilt of mist hovers . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Aug 21, 20241 min read
How to Start Your Butterfly Life
First, you have to get sick of being a caterpillar. Weary of never-ending consumption, outgrowing your clothes, eyes trained on . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Jul 11, 20241 min read
Shelter
When a storm overtakes you / the kind that satellites see / as a massive, swirling spiral / its curved arms knocking down . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Jul 5, 20241 min read
I Dissent, a Prayer for Our Nation
Give us leaders with principles loftier than self-interest.
Give us leaders who speak the language of truth,
not lies, distortions . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
Jun 2, 20242 min read
Tenderness
When you were a girl,
you loved a kitten
with such fierceness
that you ground your
teeth telling her how
cute she was. It took . . .
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Celeste Boudreaux
May 4, 20241 min read
The Mother Tree
I came to the forest pondering the source of insight and generosity how to be loving and life-giving in a season of culminations and...
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