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Gratitude, by Jon Davis

A poem and a prompt for our paying subscribers

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Kim Moore and Clare Shaw
Apr 27, 2025
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Good poetry is rarely all light - or all dark. At the end of this post you’ll find a beautiful example from Jon Davis: a poem about gratitude which speaks directly from hurt and resentment. It’s compellingly honest in its acknowledgement of all the ways we feel overlooked, all the ways we convince ourselves that we are slighted - unseen and unloved, whe…

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