Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters

by Morgan Harper Nichols

that does not mean the years you’ve waited have somehow been a waste.

grace continually persists and abounds.

Beautiful

Over the trees, over the clouds, over the things you could not figure out, over the times you have been let down, stop for a moment and take a good look around. You are moving north in the mountains now.

Such a good piece

She will not be afraid when things do not make sense.

Wonderful mantra

being grateful for all of the little things and the beautiful truth that you made it this far.

For the one in a new city:

Maybe my favorite?

Stare tall at its cathedrals tucked in corners on narrow streets and say nothing.

Lovely

taste the food as it floats through the morning air.

Wow

We don’t have to know everything to know that taking brave and faithful steps will lead us where we belong.

Nicely worded turn

For “Amy,” living in a country far from home:

These dedications add so much to the poems. I want toduplicate this form.

More than you see the way things haven't worked out, more than you see the unwritten page of the chapter you are anxious to complete, see all around you the change that is happening.

Awkward

For the forty-five-year-old woman in the music store buying her first guitar:

Awesome piece

grace was the fire burning wild and unbridled in your tired heart.

Yowza

For the one who has made it through impossible things:

She's written to this "person" before, this is very effective form

Morgan Harper Nichols

I kind of wonder how old she was when she wrote this collection

For the girl on my flight leaning into her window seat, enthralled by the rows of city lights rolling out beneath her feet:

That "beneath her feet" part is kind of weird

For the woman turning twenty-four a few tables over from me at the restaurant:

I absolutely love the things she writes about