The Poetry Collection
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Morning Over Maine
by Nathaniel Chery
The gulls write cursive on the dawn, salt-script across a paper sea, and every wave that breaks at lawn reads back the sky's first poetry.
Read poem →Kitchen Table Hymns
by Nathaniel Chery
My grandmother prayed with flour on her hands, blessing the bread before it rose, and I have understood since then that some faiths smell like Saturday.
Read poem →Letters I Never Sent
by Nathaniel Chery
There is a drawer inside my chest where all the unsent letters rest, each folded once against the truth I couldn't mail to you.
Read excerpt →The Mending Season
by Nathaniel Chery
Spring does not ask permission to stitch the torn fields green.
Read excerpt →River Song
by Nathaniel Chery
The river hums a lower note than any choir I know.
Read poem →Blue Hour
by Nathaniel Chery
Between the dog and wolf, the French say, the hour when blue takes over day.
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