Water droplets on bare tree branches sparkling in the morning sun
Poetry

Awe

by James Crews
It’s a shiver that climbs the trellisof the spine, each tingle a bright whitemorning glory…
A bright break in dark clouds.
Poetry

Gratefulness

by James Crews
The common understanding of the word “gratitude” simply does not convey the magnitude of gratefulness and…
Poetry

Telling My Father

by James Crews
I found him on the porch that morning, sipping cold coffee, watching a crow dip…
soft-focus photo of prayer flags blowing in a gentle breeze at dawn
Practices

How to Love the World: A Poetry Practice Series

by James Crews
A four-week poetry practice guided by poet, James Crews.
Practices

How to Love the World: Turn Everything Off

by James Crews
Welcome to week four of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
The silhouette of an eagle soaring at sunset
Practices

How to Love the World: Grateful for Nature

by James Crews
Welcome to week three of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
Practices

How to Love the World: Take This Joy to Go

by James Crews
Welcome to week two of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
A pair of glasses and a small black key lie on top of a blank notebook. To the right is a grey cloth and a mug.
Practices

How to Love the World: Grateful for Small Things

by James Crews
Welcome to week one of our four-week practice, How to Love the World: Poems of…
Poetry

Winter Morning

by James Crews
When I can no longer say thank youfor this new day and the waking into…
Poetry

Neighbors

by James Crews
Where I'm from, people still wave to each other, and if someone doesn't, you might…
Poetry

Thanksgiving: Stepping in with Love

by James Crews
Poet James Crews is editing two new anthologies of poetry that center on gratefulness and…
Poetry

More

by James Crews
I know it's summer when we wade out into the field and pick these crisp…
James Crews

James Crews

About the author

James Crews is the author of the essay collection, Kindness Will Save the World, and editor of several bestselling poetry anthologies: Healing the Divide, The Path to Kindness, How to Love the World, and The Wonder of Small Things. He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, People Magazine, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. He is the author of four prize-winning books of poetry: The Book of What StaysTelling My FatherBluebird, and Every Waking Moment, and his poems have appeared in the New York Times MagazinePloughsharesThe New Republic, and Prairie Schooner. James lives with his husband on forty rocky acres in the woods of Southern Vermont. For more information, visit: jamescrews.net.