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Hello readers! Every week, the BOA staff shares one of our favorite poems from our over 300 collections of poetry. This week's poem is a celebration of friendship from Jeanne Foster and Alan Williamson's brand new translation of The Living Theatre by Bianca Tarozzi—on sale this week in stores everywhere and in the BOA Bookstore. A Friend The intersection of cause and effect with immortal love in time, in infinity moving, acting, gives us a friend now, in this moment, with that face, that dear gruff voice and a presence more substantial, more linked to what is alive than we, who, finally, give up...

Hello readers! Every week, the BOA staff shares one of our favorite poems from our over 300 collections of poetry. This week's poem is from Mandatory Evacuation by Peter Makuck. Power Outage The room goes dark. Candles become the evening news, three wavering tongues telling about stillness and that bright moon in the window.

Hello readers! Every week, the BOA staff shares one of our favorite poems from our over 300 collections of poetry. For this week's poem, we'd like to share a special thank you to Bill Murray for performing Lucille Clifton's "Blessing the Boats" on CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. blessing the boats (at St. Mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love you back       may you open your eyes to water...